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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. | *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 "{{w|Workin' Man Blues}}" by {{w|Merle Haggard}}. | *The song playing when Bart is collecting golf balls is "{{w|Workin' Man Blues}}" by {{w|Merle Haggard}}. | ||
| − | *After Bart finishes prank calling, he remarks that "the sun never sets on the Bartish empire" a reference to the phrase "{{W|The sun never sets on the British | + | *After Bart finishes prank calling, he remarks that "the sun never sets on the Bartish empire" a reference to the phrase "{{W|The sun never sets on the British Empire}}". |
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
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[[Category:Trivia]] | [[Category:Trivia]] | ||
[[Category:Goofs]] | [[Category:Goofs]] | ||
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Revision as of 16:24, June 12, 2012
Contents
Cultural references
- The episode title is a pun on Lost Horizon and a reference to Verizon Communications.
- The bar Inga-Bar Beerman's is a reference to Swedish director Ingmar Bergman.
- Crocodile Drunkee's is a pun on Crocodile Dundee.
- Principal Skinner crosses the freeway in a similar fashion to the video game Frogger.
- The Allied Peas mascot is a parody of the Jolly Green Giant.
- Bart, Nelson and Milhouse eat grilled Twizzlers.
- Denis Leary is seen wearing a Boston Red Sox baseball cap. In real life, Leary is a big Red Sox fan.
- Bart uses Leary's cell phone to order a New York Yankees hat and 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 Everybody Poops as a constipated gorilla.
- The song playing when Bart is collecting golf balls is "Workin' Man Blues" by Merle Haggard.
- After Bart finishes prank calling, he remarks that "the sun never sets on the Bartish empire" a reference to the phrase "The sun never sets on the British Empire".
Trivia
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The Wayne Slater look-alike.
- Dr. Nick reappears in this episode, even though he appeared to have died in The Simpsons Movie.
- One of the patrons in the Swedish bar looks nearly identical to Wayne Slater, from the Season 23 episode "The Falcon and the D'ohman".
Continuity
- When Marge asks Bart how he got a cell phone he tells her that he got it the same way she got him "by accident, on a golf course." This is a reference to the Season 9 episode "Natural Born Kissers".
Goofs
- In one scene, the satellite is on the right of the roof of the Simpsons' house, then several scenes later, it is on the left side.
- Kent Brockman appears with brown hair at The Krusty Klassic Celebrity Pro-Am golf tournament.
