Difference between revisions of "I'm Goin' to Praiseland/References"

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Cultural references[edit]

• The title of the episode is a reference to the Paul Simon song "Graceland", in which he repeatedly sings the line "I'm going to Graceland".
• When Professor Frink is kicked by Mootilda, he exclaims "Ivan Reitman!"
• Reverend Lovejoy says that people call Rachel Jordan "the Christian Madonna".
• Principal Skinner says that Heaven wasn't clouds and harps, like the end of many The Three Stooges shorts.
• In Disco Stu's discothèque vision of Heaven:
  • The background music is "Get Dancin'" by Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes.
  • Also in the line to enter are John Travolta (costumed as Toni Manero from Saturday Night Fever) and Liza Minnelli.
  • Frank Sinatra appears. When Stu asks Sinatra what he's doing there, Sinatra replies that for him, this is Hell.
• In Comic Book Guy's vision of Heaven:
  • He is cast as Spock from Star Trek and serving on board the Enterprise.
  • Captain Kirk's command chair starts shaking, and CBG says "Shazbot! My captain is in peril", referencing Mork & Mindy.
  • After CBG saves Kirk, Uhura says that she wants to make out with him, and so do Catwoman (Batman) and Agent 99 (Get Smart).

Trivia[edit]

• The refreshment stand menus are written on "stone" tablets like the Ten Commandments.

Continuity[edit]

• This episode is a sequel to "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily".
• The last time something Ned owned leaked gas and created hallucinations was in "Skinner's Sense of Snow".
• The amusement park Ned purchases, Storytown Village, was first visited by the Simpsons in "Lisa the Vegetarian".

Goofs[edit]

• At the church Ice Cream Social, Homer and Marge are seen in two places.
• When the citizens are leaving the park in disappointment, Manjula, who is behind Apu, is yellow, has brown hair, and is wearing blue clothes.
  • Apu, despite being a practicing Hindu, goes to Praiseland, a Christianity-based theme-park.
• Of all the outfits Ned preserved in the closet, not one of them was the outfit that Maude wore every day (pink vest/pink blouse/skirt ensemble)
• The hand stamp that says "PRAISELAND" is too big for most of the character's hands.
• After Helen Lovejoy makes a very tall stack of ice cream scoops on the cone, she is wearing lipstick.
• When Professor Frink showcases his cow, Brandine Spuckler's belly is drawn the same color of green as the top garment she wears instead of yellow.
• Once, when Martin Prince Sr. is seen among other attendees at the church's ice cream social, his hair is blond.

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  Yellow Manjula

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  Martin Prince, Sr. with blond hair

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  Brandine's green belly