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Moe Goes from Rags to Riches |
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Cultural references
- The plot of the episode is similar to the plot of The Red Violin.
- Milhouse mentions falling asleep listening to "The Wriggles," a reference to the Australian children's music group "The Wiggles".
- The Persian storyteller tells the story of Ali Baba and How the Camel Got His Hump to the Persian king.
- France's Funniest Cave Paintings is an obvious spoof of America's Funniest Home Videos.
- Michelangelo's painting is the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Music
- At the beginning of the episode, the song playing in Moe's Tavern is "All Night Long (All Night)" by Lionel Richie.
- Homer is seen dancing on the wall and then on the ceiling, a reference to "Dancing on the Ceiling," another song by Lionel Richie.
- The music playing when Moe says the bar rag is his best friend and then hugs it is from A Charlie Brown Christmas.
- The song at the end of the episode is from the 1994 epic comedy-drama romance film Forrest Gump.
Trivia
- In the scene where Lou is about to dance, Lionel Richie can be seen briefly next to him.
- A picture of the Pin Pals from "Team Homer" is seen in Moe's Tavern.
Goofs
- In the scene where Marge comes up from the basement with the laundry, the basement is in the wrong place and is under the stairs where the closet should be.
- Allison Taylor appears in the pit twice in the same scene at first but in the second scene there is only one.
- During the scene with Michelangelo and Pope Lovejoy, when Michelangelo asks him if he wants a clear coating on the paintings to protect it, Lovejoy replies that he will have to "discuss it with his wife". In Catholicism, the Pope is not allowed to marry.
- Most of the rag's stories are about its adventures throughout history; however, the Arabian Nights story is fictional.
- When Viking Homer says, "This Viking stuff is hard work" and moves toward the tapestry, the images of him rubbing it on his crotch and biting it are not present and the scene immediately after the French home is burned down is that of the Vikings destroying the cathedral. However, the scenes were shown in order when Le Duc was riding off with it.