You Kent Always Say What You Want/References

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You Kent Always Say What You Want

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Trivia

• On one wall of Kent Brockman's office is a photo of him on the Berlin Wall, and one of the writings on the wall is German for "Kent was here".
• The last time Kent swore on the air and eventually gets fired occurred in "Krusty Gets Kancelled". In that episode, Kent first swore in which he muttered "That oughta hold those SOBs" (which implied to have used "sons of bitches") after reporting about Gabbo using inappropriate language while the cameras were on during a commercial break, thus making Kent fired there. Later, in this episode, after Homer accidentally spilled hot coffee onto Kent's lap while on "Smartline", Kent shouts "OW! That hurt like a motherf**ker!" (which, although it was muffled when he said the last word, implied to have used "motherf**ker").
• The last episode where a Tracey Ullman short was inserted in was "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular".
• The last time a character shouts out a swear word in front of Ned Flanders that is unknown to the audience was in "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)", and is covered in the same manner by multiple loud noises.
• There is a "Wall of Casual Acquaintances Who Came to Stay for a While" in the Simpson home, which features photos of every person who stayed with them in previous episodes of the series.
  • Apu (Homer and Apu: when Apu lost his job)
  • Groundskeeper Willie (My Fair Laddy: when Bart accidentally destroyed his shack, and had to stay at the Simpson home)
  • Nelson Muntz ("Sleeping with the Enemy": Nelson had to live somewhere because his mother left to become an actress)
  • Otto Mann ("The Otto Show": Otto lost his job)
  • Kang or Kodos (Various Treehouse of Horror episodes)
  • Gil Gunderson ("Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2": Gil lost his job and had nowhere to live)
  • Krusty ("Krusty Gets Kancelled" and "The Last Temptation of Krust": Krusty's show got cancelled after Gabbo and Arthur became more popular than Krusty, and was made fun of for not being a good comedian)
  • Stampy ("Bart Gets an Elephant": Bart's new pet)
  • Artie Ziff ("The Ziff Who Came to Dinner": Artie lost his company)
  • Sideshow Bob ("The Great Louse Detective": Sideshow Bob helped Homer solve the case of his attempted murderer)
• Homer mentions Apu singing Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart? from "Homer and Apu".
• This is the second time that The Krusty the Clown Show and its host ended up being negatively affected due to a costly fine from the US Government being imposed, as the show earlier had most of its content stripped by the IRS in response to Krusty's tax evasion. In this particular case, however, the fine was not Krusty's fault, as he and his show had the misfortune of airing on Channel 6, which at that point had been affected by a ten million dollar fine by the FCC due to Kent Brockman's swearing.
• This was the final episode to air before the release of The Simpsons Movie. As such, this is the last pre-movie episode.
• Rod and Todd's assertions that Ned needs a new mommy/wife are based upon the fact that between Maude's death and him marrying Edna, Ned was shown at times to overprotect the boys.

Cultural references

• The scene where Kent Brockman says to stand up to Fox while smoking is a reference to Edward R. Murrow and the film "Good Night, and Good Luck".
• The title of the video shown in the dentist's office, "Menace Tooth Society" (which was implied to have been shown without Ludacris' permission), is a spoof of "Menace II Society". Lisa's comment that the cartoon sends mixed messages parallels critiques of the spoofed movie.
• The title of this episode is a play on the Rolling Stones song, You Can't Always Get What You Want. Originally, the episode was supposed to be titled, The Kent State Massacre, but after the Virginia Tech shootings made the news, the episode's title was changed.
• When ordering his ice cream cone, Homer mentions several toppings, all of which are real candies with their names slightly but noticeably changed, such as Herschel's Smooches and Mrs. Badbar (even though real candies have been mentioned several times before).
• As Marge runs hurriedly home to get Bart and Lisa, the main yodeling music of the Coen brothers film, " Raising Arizona", is heard.
• Some of the shows Ned considers naughty are: Smallville (because Superdog licks himself), 60 Minutes (Morleen Sayfer has questionable pantsfold and uses the "L" word), The L Word (because of the L word), and Channel 6 News (because of Kent Brockman's swearing)
• The only shows Ned considers nice are The 700 Club and Test Pattern (non-Indian).

Goofs

• The word "Acquaintances" is misspelled as "Aquaintances" on the Wall of Casual Acquaintances Who Came to Stay for a While".
• When Bart is walking in the living room, there is a frame where the animators forgot to remove the previous frame so there are two Barts at once.