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| + | == Cultural References == | ||
| + | *The title is a pun on The Eagles' song "{{w|Life in the Fast Lane}}". The initial title ("Bjorn To Be Wild") was meant to be a play on Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild". | ||
| + | *The scene near the end parodies the film "''{{w|An Officer and A Gentleman}}''" and contains the same music. | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
| − | *The original title of this episode was "Bjórn to Be Wild". This is because it called for Albert Brooks to voice Bjorn, a Swedish tennis instructor, but Matt Groening thought it would be better to make Brooks' character French | + | *The original title of this episode was "Bjórn to Be Wild". This is because it called for Albert Brooks to voice Bjorn, a Swedish tennis instructor, but Matt Groening thought it would be better to make Brooks' character French. |
| − | + | *The moon is seen to have three craters on it, much like a bowling ball when Jacques is dropping her off. | |
| − | + | *[[Jacques]] takes [[Marge]] to Shorty's Coffee Shop for Brunch. | |
| − | + | *If Marge is 34, this would mean she gave birth to [[Bart]], now 10, when she was 24. This is inconsistent with most flashbacks to [[Homer]] and Marge's earlier lives. | |
| − | *The moon is seen to have three craters on it, much like a bowling ball when Jacques is dropping her off. | + | *Albert Brooks is credited under the name "A. Brooks" in this episode, as with all his other appearances on [[The Simpsons]]. |
| − | *Jacques takes Marge to Shorty's Coffee Shop for Brunch. | + | *Marge's Shoe size is 13 AA. |
| − | *This is | + | *Jacques appears again in The Simpsons' seventh season episode "[[Team Homer]]" and makes a brief cameo as a bowler in the past in "[[And Maggie Makes Three]]". He also appears in the "[[Do the Bartman]]" music video dancing with various women. |
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Revision as of 20:01, June 17, 2010
Cultural References
- The title is a pun on The Eagles' song "Life in the Fast Lane". The initial title ("Bjorn To Be Wild") was meant to be a play on Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild".
- The scene near the end parodies the film "An Officer and A Gentleman" and contains the same music.
Trivia
- The original title of this episode was "Bjórn to Be Wild". This is because it called for Albert Brooks to voice Bjorn, a Swedish tennis instructor, but Matt Groening thought it would be better to make Brooks' character French.
- The moon is seen to have three craters on it, much like a bowling ball when Jacques is dropping her off.
- Jacques takes Marge to Shorty's Coffee Shop for Brunch.
- If Marge is 34, this would mean she gave birth to Bart, now 10, when she was 24. This is inconsistent with most flashbacks to Homer and Marge's earlier lives.
- Albert Brooks is credited under the name "A. Brooks" in this episode, as with all his other appearances on The Simpsons.
- Marge's Shoe size is 13 AA.
- Jacques appears again in The Simpsons' seventh season episode "Team Homer" and makes a brief cameo as a bowler in the past in "And Maggie Makes Three". He also appears in the "Do the Bartman" music video dancing with various women.
