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The Old Man and the "C" Student |
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Cultural references[]
- The title is a reference to the book "The Old Man and the Sea".
- The Native American shown breaking the window is a reference to a character from the novel and movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".
- Superintendent Chalmers refers to Bart as Jan Murray. Murray was a stand-up comedian most popular in the '50s and '60s.
- The scene where Smithers is drawing Mr. Burns nude is a reference to the film Titanic.
- When Bart turns the senior citizens loose, they re-enact the "Can't Buy Me Love" field sequence from The Beatles movie "A Hard Day's Night".
- The end titles show an album cover that looks very similar to the "A Hard Day's Night LP" cover, with the title "A Bart Day's Night".
- Funny enough the very next episode is titled “Monty can’t buy me love“
Previous Episode References[]
- The Two Nahasapeemapetilons: Homer is jealous over how the elderly get pampered.
- The Old Man and the Lisa: A Simpsons title spoofing The Old Man and the Sea.
- Wild Barts Can't Be Broken: The children in town get punished thanks to one person's actions (Homer and his drunk buddies destroying the school/Bart's racist stand-up routine).
- Lisa's Pony: Bart does an offensive stand-up comedy act.
- A Star is Burns:
- A character voiced by Dan Castellaneta (Homer/Grampa Simpson) can't tell whether or not he has a boil on his skin.
- Homer fails at the pulling the "spring snake in a can of nuts" prank.
- The Cartridge Family: Someone puts a bullet in a basketball (Homer shoots it down/an off-screen character shoots the one in Martin's hands)
- Simpson Tide: Smithers was "In The Navy" (dances with The Village People during the "In The Navy" musical number/actually was in the Navy until he got discharged).
- Lisa's Rival: Homer sells something useless door-to-door (discarded sugar/springs that were supposed to be Olympic mascot figurines)
- So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show: The scene from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest where the Native American mental patient throws the fountain out the window to escape is spoofed.
- Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish": Grampa and Bart go on an adventure at sea.
- Natural Born Kissers: A classic movie (Casablanca/Gone with the Wind) has an alternate happy ending
- Homer's Enemy: Homer defeats someone who hates him (Frank Grimes/Patty and Selma) by winning a contest (the nuclear plant junior model contest/the Olympic mascot contest).
Goofs[]
- Principal Skinner punished all the students, when Bart was the only one who did anything wrong. Therefore, he should have punished Bart and the other student should have been free from all punishment. As questionable as it may be though, many American schools tend to punish large groups of kids for the actions of a few (or even just one)
- When Bart and the elderly board the boat, the Sea Captain says "Not a looker in the bunch." Later on when Mr. Burns' yacht crashes into the boat, Lisa asks how could the Sea Captain not see the yacht to which he proclaims "Two Glass eyes", this being the case, he wouldn't be able to of seen the elderly to begin with. Also, he can see in later episodes. He may have just made up the claim of having two glass eyes as an excuse for the crash.
- The buttons on the Indian Chief's jacket repeatedly switch between blue and gray on-screen.
- After the Indian man breaks the window, the Old Jewish Man comes to yell at him. Just a second later, he is back at his chair.
- The Springfield Tire Fire has a sign saying "Est. 1989", yet in Flaming Moe's it is shown that the Tire Fire started in 1966. The 1989 part could just be a reference to the year of the show's premier. Also, it's possible that it was put out at some point prior to 1989 and started again in 1989.