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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
 
*The title of the episode is a parody of the title of the traditional American folk song "{{W|Man of Constant Sorrow}}".
 
*The title of the episode is a parody of the title of the traditional American folk song "{{W|Man of Constant Sorrow}}".
[[File:Gal of Constant Sorrow - Bart in Started from the Bottom sequence.png|thumb|right|[[Bart]] paroding Drake's "Started from the Bottom" music video.]]
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**"Man of Constant Sorrow" got public interest when the 2000 film ''{{W|O Brother, Where Art Thou?}}'' was released. Many of the songs covered in this episode appear in the film's soundtrack. The film is also set during the {{W|Great Depression}}, which is a topic referred to several times during the episode.
 
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*[[Homer]] watches a tutorial on how to change a tile on [[MyTube]], a parody of [[YouTube]].
*The song played during thug Bart sequence is "{{w|Started from the Bottom}}" by {{w|Drake (rapper)|Drake}}.
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**The video tutorial guy's shirt "It's {{W|Hammer Time}}!" is a reference to the rapper [[MC Hammer]].
*[[Hettie]] mentions in her songs:
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*[[Nelson]] says to [[Milhouse]] that "{{W|Latchkey kids}} rule". A Latchkey kid is a child who is often left at home with no supervision.
**{{w|PlayStation 3}}
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*Homer tries to feed [[Snowball II]] with lasagna. This is a reference to [[Garfield]], the famous cat known for his love for this food.
**{{w|Safeway}}
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**Homer mentions [[Thomas Edison]] when he is dealing with the cat that was behind the electric outlet.
**{{w|Barnes & Noble}}
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[[File:Gal of Constant Sorrow - Bart in Started from the Bottom sequence.png|300px|thumb|right|[[Bart]] parodying {{W2|Drake|rapper}}'s "{{W|Started from the Bottom}}" music video]]
**{{w|Twix}}
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*The song played during thug Bart sequence is "{{W|Started from the Bottom}}" by {{W2|Drake|rapper}}.
**{{w|Burger King}}
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*A person at [[Springfield Squidport]] shouts "Lose a Kewpie doll in front of your gal". A {{W|Kewpie Doll|Kewpie dolls}} are figurines that date back to the 1910s.
**[[Selma]], [[Patty]], [[Grampa]] and [[Apu]]
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*The store {{ap|It's a Wonderful Knife|building}} is a reference to the film ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''.
**[[744 Evergreen Terrace|The house next to Flanders']]
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*Homeless [[Hettie]] sings a version of "{{W2|The Wayfaring Stranger|song}}", a folk song dedicated to her lost cart at the docks.
**Apu's [[Squishee]] (Squishy)
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**She mentions {{W|PlayStation 3}} and {{W|Safeway Inc.|Safeway}}, an American grocery store from where she got the cart.
**[[Blinky]] (the three-eyed fishie)
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*Some pictures on the black and white montage are versions of real-life iconic pictures from the {{W|Great Depression}}:
*The songs that [[Hettie]] sings are:
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**[[Apu]] with two of his children is a parody of ''{{W|Migrant Mother}}'' by photographer [[Dorothea Lange]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Owens_Thompson#/media/File:Lange-MigrantMother02.jpg]
**at the dock "{{w|The Wayfaring Stranger (song)|The Wayfaring Stranger}}".
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**The photo of [[Nelson]], [[Dolph]] and [[Jimbo]] on a truck is a reference to ''Children of migrant fruit worker, Berrien County, Michigan'' by {{W|John Vachon}}. [https://ifp.nyu.edu/2018/history/children-migrant-fruit-worker-berrien-county-michigan-1940/].
**in Lisa's room "{{w|Bonny Portmore}}".
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**[[Gil]] wearing a sandwich board has the style of the ''Wanted, a decent job'' photo by an unknown photographer. [https://www.gettyimages.com.mx/detail/fotograf%C3%ADa-de-noticias/two-men-wearing-sandwich-boards-advertising-fotograf%C3%ADa-de-noticias/96743223]
**on the stage "{{w|Down in the River to Pray}}".
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**The children jumping to get into [[Springfield Elementary School]] buses parody ''Unemployed men hop train'' by {{W2|William James|photographer}}. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UnemployedMenHopTrain.jpg]
**at the credits "{{w|Big Rock Candy Mountain}}".
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<gallery>
* Some pictures on the black & white montage are versions of real life iconic pictures, specially from the {{W|Wall Street Crash of 1929}} and the {{W|Dust Bowl}}.
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File:Apu Migrant Mother reference.png|''Migrant Mother'' by Dorothea Lange [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Owens_Thompson#/media/File:Lange-MigrantMother02.jpg]
*The Video Tutorial Guy's shirt "It's Hammer Time!" is a reference to the rapper {{W|MC Hammer}}.
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File:Children of migrant fruit worker reference.png|''Children of migrant fruit worker, Berrien County, Michigan'' by {{W|John Vachon}} [https://ifp.nyu.edu/2018/history/children-migrant-fruit-worker-berrien-county-michigan-1940/].
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File:Wanted, a decent job reference.png|''Wanted, a decent job'' by unknown photographer [https://www.gettyimages.com.mx/detail/fotograf%C3%ADa-de-noticias/two-men-wearing-sandwich-boards-advertising-fotograf%C3%ADa-de-noticias/96743223]
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File:Unemployed men hop train reference.png|''Unemployed men hop train'' by {{W2|William James|photographer}} [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UnemployedMenHopTrain.jpg]
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</gallery>
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*[[Lisa]] thinks the song has {{W|Appalachian Americans|Appalachian}} roots. Hettie agrees with Lisa and also says that she is from {{W|Lickskillet, Kentucky}}, that is "just shy" of the {{W|Appalachian Trail}} as the Appalachian Trail does go near, but not through [[Kentucky]]. Lickskillet is often used in Kentucky to describe places of limited resources and there are at least a dozen communities within Kentucky known official or unofficially as Lickskillet.
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*The second folk song Hettie plays is a parody of "{{W|Bonny Portmore}}".
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**She sings about how she misses staying for the nights at American bookseller [[Barnes & Noble]],
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*[[Absolut Krusty]] is a parody of {{W|Absolut Vodka}}.
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*Lisa says she has a {{W2|Ken|doll}} that is transitioning to a [[Malibu Stacy]].
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*[[Gross Air|"Gross Air" with Terry Fresh]]" is a parody of {{W|Fresh Air|"Fresh Air" with Terry Gross}} radio talk show.
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*The radio program ''Left, Left, Left and Middle'' by the [[NPR]] is a reference to political program ''{{W|Left, Right & Center}}''.
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**The poster for the program shows a see-saw with the left side on the ground with "LEFT LEFT LEFT" stacked vertically on that side and "MIDDLE" up in the air on the right side, in a depiction of NPR's strong liberal orientation.
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*Hettie asks the radio host [[Bob Boilen]] for some {{W|OxyContin}}, a common drug of abuse.
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*The song Hettie sings on the stage is "{{W|Down in the River to Pray}}".
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**She mentions {{W|Twix}} and [[Burger King]].
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*During the credits, Hettie sings a modified version of "{{W|Big Rock Candy Mountain}}".
  
 
== Continuity ==
 
== Continuity ==
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*Hettie asks [[Lisa]] when they do their [[couch gag]]s, [[Lisa]] saying around 11:00 in the morning and that she'll be fine, both breaking the fourth wall.
 
*Hettie asks [[Lisa]] when they do their [[couch gag]]s, [[Lisa]] saying around 11:00 in the morning and that she'll be fine, both breaking the fourth wall.
 
*The Making Bacon sneak peek never made it into the episode.
 
*The Making Bacon sneak peek never made it into the episode.
*Hettie is based on a real life story.<ref name="Al Jean Twitter">[https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/701651349423849472 Al Jean Twitter]</ref>
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*Hettie is based on a real life story.<ref name="AlJeanTwitter">Al Jean's Twitter (account closed)</ref>
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*During the credits song, Hettie mentions:
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**[[Selma]], [[Patty]], [[Grampa]] and [[Apu]]
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**[[744 Evergreen Terrace|The house next to Flanders']]
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**Apu's [[Squishee]] (Squishy)
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**[[Blinky]] (the three-eyed fishie)
  
 
== Goofs ==
 
== Goofs ==

Latest revision as of 22:48, December 4, 2024

References/Trivia


Season 27 Episode References
587 "Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4"
588
"Gal of Constant Sorrow"
"Lisa the Veterinarian" 589


Cultural references[edit]

  • The title of the episode is a parody of the title of the traditional American folk song "Man of Constant Sorrow".
    • "Man of Constant Sorrow" got public interest when the 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou? was released. Many of the songs covered in this episode appear in the film's soundtrack. The film is also set during the Great Depression, which is a topic referred to several times during the episode.
  • Homer watches a tutorial on how to change a tile on MyTube, a parody of YouTube.
  • Nelson says to Milhouse that "Latchkey kids rule". A Latchkey kid is a child who is often left at home with no supervision.
  • Homer tries to feed Snowball II with lasagna. This is a reference to Garfield, the famous cat known for his love for this food.
    • Homer mentions Thomas Edison when he is dealing with the cat that was behind the electric outlet.
Bart parodying Drake's "Started from the Bottom" music video

Continuity[edit]

Trivia[edit]

Goofs[edit]

  • At the beginning of the sledge race, Ralph was alone on his sledge, but when he passes Bart and Milhouse, there's a snowman with him.
    • Also, neither Nelson nor Richard were seen at the start line, but they were participating on the race.

References[edit]

  1. Al Jean's Twitter (account closed)


Season 27 References
Every Man's Dream 'Cue Detective Puffless Halloween of Horror Treehouse of Horror XXVI Friend with Benefit Lisa with an "S" 'Paths of Glory Barthood The Girl Code Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles Much Apu About Something Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4 Gal of Constant Sorrow Lisa the Veterinarian The Marge-ian Chronicles The Burns Cage How Lisa Got Her Marge Back Fland Canyon To Courier with Love Simprovised Orange Is the New Yellow