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Cultural References[]
- This episode's title is a reference to Walt Disney's original song: "When You Wish Upon a Star".
Censorship[]
- The chalkboard punishment phrase for this episode was originally "Butt.com is not my email address". After the crew members discovered that "butt.com" is a real pornographic website, all reruns (including the season 10 DVD version, the cable reruns on FX, FXX, and Freeform, and the Disney+ streaming version) changed the sentence to "Butt.butt is not my email address".
Trivia[]
- Originally, Bruce Springsteen was going to be the celebrity Homer befriended and worked for in this episode. When he declined, the writers decided to use a celebrity couple instead. Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger were picked after Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, and Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn declined (it should be noted that out of all the couples listed, only Russell and Hawn are still together as of 2024).
- This episode, which aired in 1998, predicted The Walt Disney Company's 2019 purchase of 20th Century Fox, as the visual gag shows the film studio's logo with the byline reading "A Division of Walt Disney Co".
Bart (sitting next to Lisa) without a head
Goofs[]
- Bart's chalkboard punishment phrase "Butt.com is not my email address" ("Butt.butt" in newer versions) is incorrect. Butt.com (or butt.butt) is a domain name, not an email address.
- As Homer is parasailing towards the beach, the white stripe on his life jacket disappears for a frame.
- At one point in the courtroom, Bart is missing his head.
- Moe, Lenny, and Carl act like they've never met a bigger star than Kent Brockman, despite the fact that they have been shown meeting bigger celebrities before (notably Aerosmith and the Red Hot Chili Peppers).
- In the Ukrainian prints of the episode, the line "Homer, we're out of vodka." at the Gracie Films logo is removed and still contains no music.
Production Notes[]
- The final draft for this episode was published on November 7, 1997.[1]
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