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Cultural references[]
- The songs in the episode are homages to the musicals Chicago, Wicked, The Music Man and Rent.
- Franklin Chase did musicals based on The Music Man and Anything Goes.
- Marge says that in her imagination, she has the voice of a Disney Princess. Her singing voice is done by Kristen Bell, who voices Anna in Frozen.
- Bart and Lisa pull at a Bongo doll from Life in Hell.
- Helen Lovejoy says that Sasha Reed got into Juilliard School.
- In the song "Sasha is a Massive Success", Sasha Reed mentions Lin-Manuel Miranda, Patti LuPone, Sutton Foster, Glenn Close and Stephen Sondheim.
- Sasha says that Hal Prince told her that blocking was always important.
- The cast mentions The New York Times.
- In the song "Fraudway Baby", Marge sings that Sasha didn't get a callback for Hairspray.
- Sasha is a sales associate at Sephora.
- Barney resembles Freddie Mercury during the song "Never Try".
- Bart says that at the end of Rent, you get to see Mimi come back to life.
Previous Episode References[]
- "Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy," "Lisa Goes Gaga," and "All Singing, All Dancing": The episodes are considered the lowest rated by fans, which are the most hated episodes.
Trivia[]
- The episode was inspired by the Disney+ original series Encore!, hosted by Kristen Bell.
- This is the first episode to use the on-screen 20th Television Animation logo.
- This episode was originally going to be called "No Day But Yesterday".
- Upon release, the episode received bad reviews from many fans due to the mean-spirited nature, the outdated references, and lack of jokes, while critics gave a positive rating.
- This episode is placed the second on "The 15 Worst Episodes of 'The Simpsons,' Ranked According to IMDb" on Collider[1].