Difference between revisions of "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation/References"

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Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on "How I Spent My Summer Vacation", which is the title of a 1997 romantic comedy film as well as an often-assigned topic in school writing assignments.
• Homer's favorite TV drama MTC, Monkey Trauma Center is a reference to the TV series Trauma Center one of the first medical drama series.
• Taxicab Conversations is a parody of Taxicab Confessions.
• Homer dreamed of being a photographer for Playboy.
• Lisa says that Homer takes her to places he hates, like Olive Garden.
• The Rolling Stones welcome everyone to The Rolling Stones' Rock N' Roll Fantasy Camp by playing the opening chords of their song "Start Me Up".
• At Elvis Costello's Instrument Shack, "Pump It Up" by Elvis Costello plays.
• At Lenny Kravitz's Thread Shed, "Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny Kravitz plays.
• "She's So Cold" by The Rolling Stones plays during the strut class. Homer then sings a parody of it.
• Homer and the other campers perform the song "Hound Dog" by Big Mama Thornton.
• Lenny Kravitz's car is an F1 McLaren and Tom Petty's car is a Sandrail buggy.
• Marge compares Homer to Kid Rock and herself to Pamela Anderson Lee Rock.
• When Homer is driving the kids to school, "The Last DJ" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers plays.
• "Rip This Joint" by The Rolling Stones plays over the end credits.

Trivia

• The Gracie Sound is Mick Jagger shouting "Simpsoooon!"
• As the end credits roll, behind the scenes of the rock stars recording their voices are shown.

Continuity

• This is the second time Homer has licked frogs to get high. ("Missionary: Impossible")

Goofs

• When Disco Stu confesses in the car, for a frame the white and purple on the left of his jacket switch places with each other.
• Raphael's mustache and hair are two different colors while Homer's in his taxi.
• When Elvis Costello takes Homer's guitar and drives back to get the pick, the guitar changes color from red to a mustard sort of color.
• After Homer and his gang got their instruments (all guitars) and start singing, Homer's guitar changes form and color.
• When everyone is getting guitars, Homer is among the people who are waving their hands to get one, but in the scene before it, when they are in the cabin, Homer already has one.
  • Homer could have wanted another one.
• When the guitar crashes through Mick Jagger's window and messes up his desk, a stack of papers on the desk disappears for a frame.
• At the concert, some people change between shots:
  • For most of the scene, Legs is with the rest of the mafia, and when Homer is chased by the rock stars, Legs moves along a few places.
  • In that same scene, Ruth Powers, Bumblebee Man and Larry are replaced by Legs, a person resembling Leonard Nimoy and Larry Burns.
• When the audience of the final concert is shown, Lenny's hair is lighter brown than it is supposed to be in one scene.