Monty Can't Buy Me Love/References

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Cultural References

• This episode's title is a reference to the line "Money can't buy me love" from the song "Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles.
• Arthur Fortune is modeled on British entrepreneur Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Group. The Fortune Megastore parodies his Virgin Megastores retail chain.
• Jerry Rude is based on Howard Stern.
• Otto complains about bands ripping off Judas Priest, after listening to a song that sounds like "Living After Midnight" with different lyrics.
• The song that plays as Arthur Fortune greets the crowd is "Billion Dollar Babies" by Alice Cooper.
• The way Mr. Burns unveils Nessie is similar to King Kong, only Nessie doesn't mind the camera flashes and Mr. Burns ends up going on a rampage instead.

Previous Episode References

• "Treehouse of Horror III" ("King Homer"): Mr. Burns captures a large creature (King Kong Homer/The Loch Ness Monster) that gets exhibited on a stage.
• "The Old Man and the "C" Student": Reference to The Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love" (the song that plays during the montage of the old people having fun/the episode title).
• "Homer Defined" and "Homer at the Bat": Mr. Burns has a rival who's also a multimillionaire.
• "Selma's Choice": Selma considers dating an elderly character (Hans Moleman/Mr. Burns).
• "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish": Homer gets roped into helping Mr. Burns with something (run for governor/get people to like him).
• "The Crepes of Wrath": A Simpson male (Bart/Homer) goes to a European country (France/Scotland) and comes back either with the ability to speak the language or an accent (Bart saying, "Mon père. Quel boufon!"/the episode originally had Homer return from Scotland with a Scottish accent, making him sound like Groundskeeper Willie).
• "Team Homer" and "The Springfield Files": Mr. Burns is unusually pleasant thanks to being high on painkillers.
• "Much Apu About Nothing", "Lisa the Beauty Queen," and "Marge Be Not Proud": The bullies (Nelson, Dolph, Jimbo, and/or Kearney) shoplift from stores.
• "The Otto Show":
  • Michael McKean guest stars on The Simpsons.
  • Spinal Tap appears/is mentioned.
• "There's No Disgrace Like Home": Multiple people get electroshocked.
• "The War of the Simpsons": Someone has an only known photo of a mythical sea creature (General Sherman the catfish/the Loch Ness Monster)
• "Lisa the Simpson": Homer, Bart, and/or Lisa are too lazy to do anything and Marge doesn't like it.
• "Another Simpsons Clip Show" and "A Milhouse Divided": an episode kicks off when Marge forces the family to do something (discuss romance and love/have a fancy dinner party/go for a walk around the neighborhood).
• "Marge Gets a Job": Mr. Burns and/or Smithers kidnaps someone (Tom Jones/Professor Frink)
• "$pringfield (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)": Mr. Burns gives someone (or something) [Homer/The Loch Ness Monster] a job at a casino.
• "Viva Ned Flanders": Nero's Palace and the Peacock casinos are seen.
• "Homie the Clown": Homer loving the kilt he's wearing is similar to him marveling that the baggy clown pants he tries on actually fit him.
• "Homer the Heretic": both episodes are final episodes under a popular animation company (Klasky-Csupo/Anivision)
• "I Love Lisa": Groundskeeper Willie's father is seen/mentioned (see "Goofs" below)

Trivia

• A deleted scene from this episode shows that upon returning from Scotland, Homer has a Scottish accent. This scene was removed because Homer's accent sounded too much like Groundskeeper Willie's.

Goofs

• The Loch Ness Monster is much smaller when Mr. Charles Montgomery Burns gives it a job at the casino.
• When Arthur gives Homer the dollar, it appears as two of them in his hand.
• Groundskeeper Willie's father appears in this episode, but in "I Love Lisa", he said he was hung for stealing a pig, and in "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)", said that his father was just thrown into a bog grave. Groundskeeper Willie's dad could have been hanged, but survived briefly before drowning in the bog...if the "Willie's dad died" story is true. Unless Groundskeeper Willie's father has a twin brother who married his brother's wife following his death, Groundskeeper Willie's story of him dying may have been a cover-up for him abandoning his family.
  • Also in My Fair Laddy Groundskeepre Willie states that he and his father never spoke to each other since the former's birth but yet in this episode they do.

Production Notes

• The final draft for this episode was published on October 19, 1998.

October 19, 1998