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* The title could be a reference to the movie ''To Sir, with Love'', or the 1963 James Bond film, ''From Russia with Love''.
 
* The title could be a reference to the movie ''To Sir, with Love'', or the 1963 James Bond film, ''From Russia with Love''.
 
* The song played on the beginning of the episode is "[[Tik Tok]]" by [[wikipedia:Ke$ha|Ke$ha]]. It is part of the "Fox Rocks" promotion, a week of music themed episodes in different TV shows on the FOX Channel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/04/07/fox-rocks-week-of-music-themed-programming-airs-thursday-april-29-through-wednesday-may-5/47668 |title="FOX Rocks" Week of Music-Themed Programming Airs Thursday April 29 Through Wednesday May 5 |author=Seidman, Robert |publisher=FOX Rocks |date=2010-04-07 |accessdate=2010-04-07}}</ref>
 
* The song played on the beginning of the episode is "[[Tik Tok]]" by [[wikipedia:Ke$ha|Ke$ha]]. It is part of the "Fox Rocks" promotion, a week of music themed episodes in different TV shows on the FOX Channel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/04/07/fox-rocks-week-of-music-themed-programming-airs-thursday-april-29-through-wednesday-may-5/47668 |title="FOX Rocks" Week of Music-Themed Programming Airs Thursday April 29 Through Wednesday May 5 |author=Seidman, Robert |publisher=FOX Rocks |date=2010-04-07 |accessdate=2010-04-07}}</ref>
 
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* The Channel 6 News name for the explosion of Homer's bag, "Chattanuclear-Choo-Choo" is a reference to the {{W|Glenn Miller}} song {{W|Chattanooga Choo Choo}}.
 
* The company that installs the city-wide camera system is called "Orwell Security," a reference to [[wikipedia:George Orwell|George Orwell]] and his novel [[wikipedia:Nineteen Eighty-Four|''1984'']], about a dictatorial government that maintained control over the population by keeping everyone under surveillance.
 
* The company that installs the city-wide camera system is called "Orwell Security," a reference to [[wikipedia:George Orwell|George Orwell]] and his novel [[wikipedia:Nineteen Eighty-Four|''1984'']], about a dictatorial government that maintained control over the population by keeping everyone under surveillance.
  

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References/Trivia


Season Episode
460 "The Squirt and the Whale"

"To Surveil with Love/References"
"Moe Letter Blues" 462

Cultural References

  • The title could be a reference to the movie To Sir, with Love, or the 1963 James Bond film, From Russia with Love.
  • The song played on the beginning of the episode is "Tik Tok" by Ke$ha. It is part of the "Fox Rocks" promotion, a week of music themed episodes in different TV shows on the FOX Channel.[1]
  • The Channel 6 News name for the explosion of Homer's bag, "Chattanuclear-Choo-Choo" is a reference to the Glenn Miller song Chattanooga Choo Choo.
  • The company that installs the city-wide camera system is called "Orwell Security," a reference to George Orwell and his novel 1984, about a dictatorial government that maintained control over the population by keeping everyone under surveillance.

Goofs

References

  1. Seidman, Robert (2010-04-07). "FOX Rocks" Week of Music-Themed Programming Airs Thursday April 29 Through Wednesday May 5. FOX Rocks. Retrieved on 2010-04-07.

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