Difference between revisions of "The Little Rascals"

{{TB|In the audio commentary to the episode writers [[Wallace Wolodarsky]] and [[Jay Kogen]] revealed that Mrs. Krabappel's name was a reference to Mrs. Crabtree from the "Little Rascals" series. }}

{{TB| When [[Leonard Nimoy]] introduces the ''[[Star Trek]]'' actor with the ''[[Star Wars]]'' quote "May the force be with you" Nimoy angrily asks him if he actually knows who he is? Quimby then says: "Aren't you one of the Little Rascals?" }}

{{TB| [[Moe]] tells the others he used to be an actor in ''The Little Rascals''. He played the part of "[[Smelly]]", a tough kid who as a running gag had to look through an exhaust pipe and get a face full of car soot. This was indeed a typical gag that often occurred in the show. Moe then remembered how he was fired from the show when he was about to look in an exhaust pipe and [[Alfalfa]] cut Smelly off, looked in the pipe instead, and got a faceful of soot. Moe, enraged, attacked the Alfalfa actor for stealing his bit, thereby accidentally murdering him. This is a reference to {{w|Carl Switzer}}, the actor who played Alfalfa in ''The Little Rascals''. He was indeed murdered, but it happened when he was an adult, not when he was a child star on the show.}}

{{TB|When Marge is awoken by Homer she reassures him: "Homie, it's 4:30 in the morning. "Little Rascals" isn't until 6." Homer replies: "I know, I'm taping it." }}

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{{TB| The scene where the children take the different electronics through the fence parodies scenes from "The Little Rascals", including Milhouse dressed as Alfalfa and a dog that looks like Pete the Pup. The music sounds similar too. }}

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{{TB| [[Kent Brockman]] says: "Attention fans of the "The Little Rascals"! The last of them died today in Palm Springs.". }}

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{{TB|The educational editor explains that Pete was the name of the dog on The Little Rascals. The editor who "feels old" then adds this was a show that aired "a hundred years ago."}}

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