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The Front/References

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References/Trivia


Season 4 Episode References
077 "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show"
078
"The Front"
"Whacking Day" 079


Cultural references

  • The episode title is a reference to the Woody Allen movie The Front.
  • The first Itchy & Scratchy episode that Bart and Lisa write is titled "Little Barbershop of Horrors", a reference to the musical Little Shop of Horrors.
    • In "Little Barbershop of Horrors", when Scratchy appears inside Elvis Presley's television set, Elvis complains, "This show ain't no good", and shoots the TV. In real life, Elvis was known to react strongly to TV programs he didn't like, and once actually shot a TV when Robert Goulet appeared on it.
  • At the time the episode aired, Billy Crystal had hosted The Oscars for three years in a row (1990–1993). He went on to host it in 1997, 1998, 2000, and 2004.
  • The Flanders segment at the end was added in order to fill in time left over after the episode, as nothing else worked.

Trivia

  • The Adventures of Ned Flanders was a short written for the episode as the episode was too short and the writers had tried "every trick in the book" to extend it.

Continuity

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