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*Lisa goes online to "Wiccapedia", a parody of [[Wikipedia]]. The home page and logo are similar to those of Wikipedia.
 
*Lisa goes online to "Wiccapedia", a parody of [[Wikipedia]]. The home page and logo are similar to those of Wikipedia.
 
*The split screen montage featuring [[Homer]] and [[Cletus]] drinking moonshine is a reference to the film ''{{W|Sideways}}'', and recreates some of its most memorable scenes.
 
*The split screen montage featuring [[Homer]] and [[Cletus]] drinking moonshine is a reference to the film ''{{W|Sideways}}'', and recreates some of its most memorable scenes.
*The song played at the end of the episode when Lisa is skating is "{{W2|Season of the Witch|song}}". Additionally, the scene is a reference to the ending of the film ''{{W|To Die For}}''.
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*Lisa skating on a frozen lake while the song "{{W2|Season of the Witch|song}}" by {{W|Donovan}} is heard exactly recreates the end scene with [[Illeana Douglas]] of the film ''{{W|To Die For}}''.
 
*Cletus mentions to Moe "Just because one hillbilly has his way with one fat guy in {{W|Deliverance}} and suddenly that's all people think hillbillies do".
 
*Cletus mentions to Moe "Just because one hillbilly has his way with one fat guy in {{W|Deliverance}} and suddenly that's all people think hillbillies do".
 
*When he was talking to Selma Bouvier, Kent Brockman mentions the terrorist attack on September 11 in New York.
 
*When he was talking to Selma Bouvier, Kent Brockman mentions the terrorist attack on September 11 in New York.

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References/Trivia


Season 21 Episode References
447 "Pranks and Greens"
448
"Rednecks and Broomsticks"
"Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?" 449


Cultural references

  • The title is a reference to the Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks, which was previously punned in another episode title, "MyPods and Boomsticks".
  • The scene in the couch gag where Marge serves the Thanksgiving turkey is a visual pun on the Norman Rockwell painting Freedom from Want.
  • Bart, Lisa and Maggie play "Bonk It"! in the car. Bonk it! is a parody of "Bop It!".
  • Lisa goes online to "Wiccapedia", a parody of Wikipedia. The home page and logo are similar to those of Wikipedia.
  • The split screen montage featuring Homer and Cletus drinking moonshine is a reference to the film Sideways, and recreates some of its most memorable scenes.
  • Lisa skating on a frozen lake while the song "Season of the Witch" by Donovan is heard exactly recreates the end scene with Illeana Douglas of the film To Die For.
  • Cletus mentions to Moe "Just because one hillbilly has his way with one fat guy in Deliverance and suddenly that's all people think hillbillies do".
  • When he was talking to Selma Bouvier, Kent Brockman mentions the terrorist attack on September 11 in New York.

Goofs

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  • There are two instances where, for less than a split second, Bart, Lisa and Maggie are playing on the Bonk It, and the "Bonk It" logo in the middle of the product turns up-side down.
  • When the family joins the highway after leaving the ski resort, The Octuplets all have yellow skin.
  • International Harvester and Incest Spuckler have grown since "Yokel Chords" as they are now both the same height as Dubya.
Season 21 References
Homer the Whopper Bart Gets a "Z" The Great Wife Hope Treehouse of Horror XX The Devil Wears Nada Pranks and Greens Rednecks and Broomsticks Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou? Thursdays with Abie Once Upon a Time in Springfield Million Dollar Maybe Boy Meets Curl The Color Yellow Postcards from the Wedge Stealing First Base The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed American History X-cellent Chief of Hearts The Squirt and the Whale To Surveil with Love Moe Letter Blues The Bob Next Door Judge Me Tender