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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on ''[[wikipedia:Lost Horizon|Lost Horizon]] ''and a reference to {{w|Verizon Communications}}.
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*The episode title is a pun on ''{{w|Lost Horizon}}'' and a reference to {{w|Verizon Communications}}.
*Inga-Bar Beerman is a reference of Swedish director [[wikipedia:Ingmar Bergman|Ingmar Bergman]].
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*The bar [[Inga-Bar Beerman's]] is a reference to Swedish director {{w|Ingmar Bergman}}.
*Crocodile Dunkee's is a parody of [[wikipedia:Crocodile Dundee|''Crocodile Dundee'']].
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*[[Crocodile Drunkee's]] is a pun on ''{{w|Crocodile Dundee}}''.
*[[Principal Skinner]] crosses the freeway in a similar fashion to the game [[wikipedia:Frogger|Frogger]].
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*[[Principal Skinner]] crosses the freeway in a similar fashion to the video game {{w|Frogger}}.
*The Allied Peas mascot is a parody of the [[wikipedia:Jolly Green Giant|Jolly Green Giant]].
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*The Allied Peas mascot is a parody of the {{w|Jolly Green Giant}}.
*[[Bart]], [[Nelson]] and [[Milhouse]] eat grilled [[wikipedia:Twizzlers|Twizzlers]].
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*[[Bart]], [[Nelson]] and [[Milhouse]] eat grilled {{w|Twizzlers}}.
*[[Denis Leary (character)|Denis Leary]] is seen wearing a [[wikipedia:Boston Red Sox|Boston Red Sox]] baseball cap. In real life, Leary is a big Red Sox fan.
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*[[Denis Leary (character)|Denis Leary]] is seen wearing a {{w|Boston Red Sox}} baseball cap. In real life, Leary is a big Red Sox fan.
*Bart uses Leary's phone to order a [[wikipedia:New York Yankees|New York Yankees]] hat and [[wikipedia:Derek Jeter|Derek Jeter]] jersey, much to Leary's annoyance (see above).
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*Bart uses Leary's cell phone to order a {{w|New York Yankees}} hat and {{w|Derek Jeter}} jersey, much to Leary's annoyance (see above).
*Thanks to one of Bart's pranks, Leary appears in the movie adaptation of the children's book [[wikipedia:Everybody Poops|''Everybody Poops'']] as a constipated gorilla.
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*Thanks to one of Bart's pranks, Leary appears in the movie adaptation of the children's book ''{{w|Everybody Poops}}'' as a constipated gorilla.
*The song playing when Bart is collecting golf balls is "[[wikipedia:Workin' Man Blues|Workin' Man Blues]]" by {{w|Merle Haggard}}.
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*The song playing when Bart is collecting golf balls is "{{w|Workin' Man Blues}}" by {{w|Merle Haggard}}.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==

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