Diatribe of a Mad Housewife/References
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Cultural references[edit]
- The title word plays off of the book and film Diary of a Mad Housewife.
- Homer sings a song to the tune of "Cars" by Gary Numan.
- Homer briefly works at the "Boris Car Loft", a reference to Boris Karloff.
- The ambulance Homer buys is based on a 1959 Eureka Cadillac ambulance formerly operated by the Bogota, New Jersey Volunteer First Aid Squad, which has since been restored and is now in the Netherlands.
- Marge denotes the similarity of the picture behind the couch to the classic novel, Moby-Dick (the picture is, in fact, called "Scene from Moby Dick"). It inspired her novel, when she thought "No one's done a book about whaling before!" Moreover, her book is about whaling and its ending has Temperance's husband dying in a similar manner to that of Ahab, from the same novel.
- Homer quotes the aphorism "Publish or perish", used to describe a concept in academia.
- Tom Clancy references his novel "The Hunt for Red October" in his endorsement.
- When Homer is reading the book, he says, "Temprance Barrow was heavy with feeling. She "snore"..." but when he is listening to it, it says Temprance Barrow was heavy with feeling. Her" The goof is that Homer says She, but the Olsen's say Her at the beginning.
- As Homer read a first-draft, some lines may have been edited slightly in the final book.
- When the Springfieldians are gossiping, several people who share bedrooms such as Patty and Selma and the Lovejoys have different backdrops in their respective squares.
