The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants/References

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The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants

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Cultural references

• The title is a reference to the novel, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.
• Absolut Krusty is a parody of Absolut Vodka.
• Mr. Burns and Homer sing "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine."
• Marge almost getting seduced by Robert Marlow is a parody of Mad Men. Robert Marlow borrows traits from Roger Sterling from Mad Men, who is played by guest star John Slattery.
• Bart reads Little Women, a real life book.
• During the party, Homer's witty mark is a reference to Oscar Wilde.
• The meeting with Mayor Quimby is held in a restaurant named "The loin king", an obvious pun on the movie "The Lion King".

Trivia

Lisa sleeping with Bongo

• This is the third episode in a row not to have an opening sequence although this episode had a title screen gag.
• Homer last experienced luck through pain in the episode, Million Dollar Maybe.
• The new sector Homer goes to work at, 22F, may be a reference to the last three digits of the previous episode's production code reversed (NABF22).
• Lisa's toy is Bongo from Matt Groening's comic strip Life in Hell.  Lisa has named the toy Madame Bunny.

• Mr. Burns claims to have been a survivor of the Titanic.
• This episode is similar to Simpson and Delilah where Homer gets promoted and befriends the man in his office.

Goofs

• In a scene early on in the episode Krusty is talking to his merchandising executives where part of his tuxedo is green, but in his next scene the green has turned to black.
• In the scene where Homer goes to Moe's and Moe is asleep on the bar ledge, Homer enters the bar and the bar ledge longer than it should be. In a later scene, the ledge returns to normal.
• Between Homer coming into the tavern and sitting down, Moe moves along the bar and several barstools disappear.