A Trip to Simpsons Mountain/References

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Cultural refences

• The title is a reference to "A Trip to Spencer's Mountain", the basis for The Waltons and the plot is similar to the Waltons' first TV movie, The Homecoming: A Christmas Story. The main plot of the TV movie of the son being sent out on Christmas by his worried mother to find his father who has not yet come back from work is the same in both stories.
• Bart is correct in that Abe's story incorporated multiple TV references, including the following:
  • The Waltons: Family introduction, family runs a sawmill, set in the Great Depression and ending with goodnights; Abe had a brother named Jason and was also called Abe-Boy (despite multiple references that he was already an adult in the Depression), a reference to John-Boy.
  • The Brady Bunch: At one point, the characters sans Young Abe are dressed in a late 60s-early 70s style ala the Bradys, Young Abe is called Greg, a woman resembling the Bradys' housekeeper Alice appears with a tray of fishsticks and jello, and Lisa-Marie gets hit in the nose by a football ala Marcia Brady.
  • Green Acres: Not only is Abe's grandma Zza-Zza Simpson supposed to be Zsa-Zsa Gabor, in one instance she acts like her sister Eva's character Lisa Douglas.
  • Leave It to Beaver: When Abe's vision goes black and white from a Squishee for a while, his mom is dressed like June Cleaver and calls Young Abe "Theodore", as Jason looks and acts like Wally Cleaver.
  • The Partridge Family: Abe's mother drives the same bus on the show and calls him Keith as they wear the same clothes as the family, and then they sing the theme song as they drive off.
  • Beverly Hills 90210: Abe's siblings drive by once in a modern convertible, with Abe's oldest brother Luke Simpson behind the wheel. To complete the resemblance, Luke Simpson is a caricature of Luke Perry.
• Abe's oldest (in appearance, but Abe said Rube Ella was the oldest daughter) sister Lisa Marie Simpson looks like Elvis Presley's daughter and within the story shares Lisa's full name.
• Grampa disappointedly says "Aw, shazbot!" when the TV is fixed, referencing Mork & Mindy.

Trivia

• Young Abe looks like Bart and is called that once.
• His sister Rube Ella Simpson looks like Lisa.
• His baby brother Leroy Simpson also looks like a fat baby Bart.
• Abraham Simpson, Sr. looks like Homer.
• Olidia Simpson (a reference to Olivia Daly Walton) looks like Marge.
• Zeke Simpson (a reference to Zeb Walton) looks like Abe himself.
• The Baldwin sisters resemble Patty and Selma.
• Ike Godfrey (a reference of Ike Godsey) resembles Apu.