My Fair Laddy/References

Trivia

 * In the show's entire 17-year run, this is the very first full-length episode centered around Groundskeeper Willie. He was, however, the central character in "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace", one of the three segments of "Treehouse of Horror VI", and had a large amount of screentime devoted to him in "Girly Edition"—in which his shack was also destroyed by Bart's shenanigans and left him temporarily homeless.
 * Connections: This episode covers the same topic as My Fair Lady. This episode is also somewhat similar to the season 11 episode "Pygmoelian", in the sense that it features another secondary character getting a 'makeover' or 'new look'; the last time it was Moe Szyslak. My Fair Lady is in turn a retelling of Pygmalion.
 * Coach Krupt's datebook has "Bombardment" listed as the planed activity for every day, with "Double Bombardment" on Christmas Day.
 * The episode was rated TV-PG for drug references, violence, coarse language and sexual references.
 * In this episode's end credits, instead of the normal music, there was a medley of the songs heard.
 * The man in the commercial sits down and the music stops, but when Homer and Eli Stern VI are have stopped talking, he is up again and the music is playing.
 * Bart has D- and Lisa B+ on a book report in the song "Adequate".
 * Starting with this episode, took over as the German voice of Marge after her predecessor 's sudden death.
 * The kids' screams and grunts from the first day of Bombardment are reused on the second day.
 * Buck-toothed boy's grunt on the second day is Bart's.
 * In the italian dub, Coach Krupt was voiced by former player, winner of two Champion's leagues,.

Cultural references

 * The episode title is a pun on the musical .
 * The musical is referenced throughout the episode, with Lisa in the role of Professor Higgins and Groundskeeper Willie as Eliza Doolittle.
 * The episode also features songs similar to the style of the musical.
 * Coach Krupt's saying "What is your major malfunction, Simpson?" is a reference to . In fact, the entire scene is modeled after a similar scene in the film, from camera angles to Bart's facial expression.
 * The wager that Jimbo Jones makes with Kearney is a reference to  by.
 * The music heard in the commercial for Blue Pants is "", composed by  for the film . This song was previously prominently featured in "Dancin' Homer".
 * Various musical numbers from , by and, are parodied in this episode:
 * "Adequate" is a parody of "".
 * "Not On My Clothes" is a parody of "".
 * "Blue Pants" is a parody of "".
 * "Indoors All Night" is a parody of "".
 * "Longing for the Shack" is a parody of "".
 * Willie starts to sing and dance to 's "" from the 1935 film , when he gets his groundskeeper job back.

Goofs

 * There is a toilet where the basement stairs should be.