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| − | *'' | + | *''{{W|Catch-22}}'' - Homer refers to the punctured keg of beer as being "so cold...so cold." These are the words Snowden uses when hit and bleeding, in the novel ''Catch-22''. [[Milhouse]] also says these words in the season seven episode "[[Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily]]" after Bart complains that nothing happened to Milhouse after playing with the monkey in the Pier One wicker basket. |
| − | + | *''{{W|Wild Wild West}}'' - Dr. Loveless' giant mechanical spider, in this episode driven by [[Professor Frink]]. | |
| − | *'' | + | *The title is a pun on the Sade song, "{{W|The Sweetest Taboo}}". |
| − | *The title is a pun on the Sade song, | + | *When [[Marge]] is watching the video of Apu's wedding, [[Homer]] gets up with the band and tries to sing the same song from the wedding scene in ''[[The Godfather]]''. |
| − | *When [[Marge]] is watching the video of | + | *Apu's cartoon appears in ''[[The New Yorker]]'', which Homer says he purchased only for the photos of {{W|Richard Avedon}}, featuring [[Lenny]]. |
| − | * | + | *Apu and his octuplets reenact ''{{W|My Fair Lady}}'' as part of Manjula's list. |
| − | *Apu and his octuplets reenact '' | + | *Moe uses a generic {{W|Windex}} brand called Windel for his Windex drink (even though a real Windex drink is made of vodka, triple sec, and blue curacao). |
| − | *Moe uses a generic | + | *At the Civil War reenactment, there is a confederate soldier who bears a striking similarity to General [[Robert E. Lee]]. |
| − | * At the Civil War reenactment, there is a confederate soldier who bears a striking similarity to General [[ | + | *When Apu's wife first kicks him out of the house, his children hiss at him. This is a reference to the hissing children in the David Cronenberg film ''{{W|The Brood}}''. |
| − | * When Apu's wife first kicks him out of the house, his children hiss at him. This is a reference to the hissing children in the David Cronenberg film '' | + | *On Apu's reincarnation poster, one of his past lives was "a clod" (''[[Mad]]'' Magazine<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Alfred E. Neuman) and an assistant to ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' executive Lorne Michaels. Lorne hired such ''Simpsons'' writers as [[George Meyer]], [[John Swartzwelder]], [[Jon Vitti]], [[Conan O'Brien]], [[Ian Maxtone-Graham]], and [[Joel H. Cohen]] as sketch writers in the mid-1980s into the 1990s, and hired voice actor [[Harry Shearer]] as a season five cast member in 1979. |
| − | *On Apu's reincarnation poster, one of his past lives was "a clod" (''[[ | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | == Goofs == |
| + | *When Homer gets in bed after finding out Apu was having an affair with {{ap|Annette|The Sweetest Apu}}, he is wearing his normal clothes, but after he wakes up after having a nightmare about Apu's affair, Homer is in his sleepwear. | ||
| + | *When the episode starts, the Kwik-E-Mart Sign has a green, blue, and white background instead of a green and white background. | ||
| + | *The tasks on Apu's list swap occasionally. | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:17, March 13, 2022
Cultural references[edit]
- Catch-22 - Homer refers to the punctured keg of beer as being "so cold...so cold." These are the words Snowden uses when hit and bleeding, in the novel Catch-22. Milhouse also says these words in the season seven episode "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" after Bart complains that nothing happened to Milhouse after playing with the monkey in the Pier One wicker basket.
- Wild Wild West - Dr. Loveless' giant mechanical spider, in this episode driven by Professor Frink.
- The title is a pun on the Sade song, "The Sweetest Taboo".
- When Marge is watching the video of Apu's wedding, Homer gets up with the band and tries to sing the same song from the wedding scene in The Godfather.
- Apu's cartoon appears in The New Yorker, which Homer says he purchased only for the photos of Richard Avedon, featuring Lenny.
- Apu and his octuplets reenact My Fair Lady as part of Manjula's list.
- Moe uses a generic Windex brand called Windel for his Windex drink (even though a real Windex drink is made of vodka, triple sec, and blue curacao).
- At the Civil War reenactment, there is a confederate soldier who bears a striking similarity to General Robert E. Lee.
- When Apu's wife first kicks him out of the house, his children hiss at him. This is a reference to the hissing children in the David Cronenberg film The Brood.
- On Apu's reincarnation poster, one of his past lives was "a clod" (Mad Magazine's Alfred E. Neuman) and an assistant to Saturday Night Live executive Lorne Michaels. Lorne hired such Simpsons writers as George Meyer, John Swartzwelder, Jon Vitti, Conan O'Brien, Ian Maxtone-Graham, and Joel H. Cohen as sketch writers in the mid-1980s into the 1990s, and hired voice actor Harry Shearer as a season five cast member in 1979.
Goofs[edit]
- When Homer gets in bed after finding out Apu was having an affair with Annette, he is wearing his normal clothes, but after he wakes up after having a nightmare about Apu's affair, Homer is in his sleepwear.
- When the episode starts, the Kwik-E-Mart Sign has a green, blue, and white background instead of a green and white background.
- The tasks on Apu's list swap occasionally.
