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No Good Read Goes Unpunished
King Leer
Lisa Gets the Blues

Cultural References[]

  • This episode's title is a reference to and parody of William Shakespeare's play, "King Lear", which was also about an elderly father contending with his outcast child (only it was about a king who favored the two daughters who sucked up to him while the third one who actually was honest with her feelings about him ended up being disowned).
  • The classic music that plays when Moe, Marv and Minnie are fighting over their mattress stores is Requiem, Dies irae by Verdi.
  • The scene during the closing credits is a parody of behind the scenes footage from an old commercial featuring the Mattress Salesman.

Trivia[]

  • When Bart and Lisa ask Moe, "Is that your family's mattress store?" repeatedly, it is a reference to when Bart and Lisa repeatedly asked Homer "Will you take us to Mt. Splashmore?" in "Brush with Greatness". Also, when they repeatedly ask "Are we there yet?".


Season 28 Season 29 References/Trivia Season 30
The SerfsonsSpringfield SplendorWhistler's FatherTreehouse of Horror XXVIIIGrampy Can Ya Hear MeThe Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to BeSingin' in the LaneMr. Lisa's OpusGone BoyHaw-Haw LandFrink Gets TestyHomer Is Where the Art Isn't3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a MarriageFears of a ClownNo Good Read Goes UnpunishedKing LeerLisa Gets the BluesForgive and RegretLeft BehindThrow Grampa from the DaneFlanders' Ladder
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