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Half-Decent Proposal |
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Music[]
- "All I Have to Do Is Dream" by The Everly Brothers: Opens this episode.
- "Suicide Is Painless" by Johnny Mandel: Known better as main theme of the TV series M*A*S*H, it plays while Marge is leaving Homer in the helicopter to meet Artie Ziff.
- "Disco Inferno" by The Trammps: Played at Artie's '70s style prom.
- "Precious And Few" by Climax: Also played at the prom.
- "Georgy Girl" by The Seekers: When Artie is advertising his invention.
- "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham: Heard when Dr. Hibbert smashes mailboxes with his golf club.
Cultural references[]
- Indecent Proposal - The film is punned in the title and referenced throughout the episode.
- "Nookie in New York" is an obvious parody of Sex and the City, right down to the appearance of the characters. Patty's remark about how the four women "act like gay men" also referenced a common criticism of the show as well as how the writers originally intended for the female leads to actually be gay men.
- The point where Artie is flying Marge away in his helicopter, and Marge sees that Homer has written "KEEP YOUR CLOTHES ON" in rocks, is a parody of the series finale of M*A*S*H, Goodbye, Farewell and Amen, in which Capt. Hawkeye Pierce, as his helicopter takes off to fly him homeward, sees that Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt has written out the word "GOODBYE" in rocks.
- At the end of the episode, Artie's Snor-Converter alters Homer's snoring into the tune of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" by the Eurythmics. Artie supplies altered lyrics where he tells Marge that Homer is a loser and she should dump him.
- Moe says to Homer about Artie that "he's like a spy in the house of Moe". This could be a reference to the lyric "I'm a spy, in the house of love" from the song "The Spy" from The Doors.
- When Homer says he won't be born if Marge marries Artie, it is a reference to Back to the Future: Part I, wherein if Lorraine doesn't marry George, Marty won't be born.
- Comic Book Guy says in his sleep : "Oh, Jar Jar! Everyone hates you but me." This is a reference to how most people who watched the Star Wars prequel trilogy hated the character Jar Jar Binks for being annoying and a stereotypical depiction of African-Americans.
Previous Episode References[]
- "Grift of the Magi": Homer uses a Funzo doll to demonstrate how he saw Artie and Marge making out.
- "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish": Homer records a good-bye video that gets interrupted.
- "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder": Grampa thinks Homer bowled a 300 game again.
- "Homer Alone": The kids are forced to stay with Patty and Selma, with one of them (Maggie/Bart) objecting.
- "The Way We Was": Marge's old prom date, Artie Ziff, is mentioned, as well as his attempted rape on her during prom night.
- "The Front": Artie Ziff becomes rich after high school and considers trading away his wealth for one night with Marge (which Homer briefly considers in "The Front," but is opposed to in this episode).
- "Sweets and Sour Marge": Bart's chalkboard punishment, "I will not bite the hand that feeds me Butterfingers" is a reference to a scene from this episode where the Springfield cops try to burn all the candy and sugary foods in town, but can't burn the Butterfinger bars because the fire rejected them.
- "The Cartridge Family": Marge leaves Homer to stay with Patty and Selma (only she's successful in this episode. The former, she couldn't stay with them because the Gruesome Twosome were planning on trapping a TV repairman).
- "Flaming Moe's", "The Last Temptation of Homer," and "Fear of Flying": Someone exists with a fake/prank name (Hugh Jass, the guy who talks to Bart over the phone during one of his prank calls to Moe's Tavern/Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo, who cries when Moe says that's the worst name he's ever heard/Guy Incognito, the Homer doppelganger that Moe thought was Homer in a crummy disguise/Baron von Kissalot, who gets Marge's taxi bill, despite never leaving Germany).
- "Lisa's First Word": A reference to the final episode of M*A*S*H (Marge talks about it with two housewives on the lower east side of Springfield/the scene of Marge leaving for Artie's by helicopter).
Artie Ziff without the "Z" on his shirt
Goofs[]
- Homer and Marge can’t afford the surgery for Homer’s snoring from Dr. Hibbert, but they didn’t consider going to Dr. Nick Riviera, who could perform any surgery for only $129.95 in "Homer’s Triple Bypass". Though, given the events of that episode, The Simpsons probably didn't want to risk Homer nearly dying again just to fix his snoring. On top of that, Dr. Nick probably doesn't advertise that service anymore because of constant malpractice suits.
- When Artie assures Homer that Marge will remain as untouched as Bill Gates' weight room, the "Z" on his shirt disappears.