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*Homer and Bart watch [[wikipedia:Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade|Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]]. They talk about the Helium balloons modeled after [[wikipedia:Bullwinkle|Bullwinkle]] and [[wikipedia:Underdog (TV series)|Underdog]]. | *Homer and Bart watch [[wikipedia:Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade|Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]]. They talk about the Helium balloons modeled after [[wikipedia:Bullwinkle|Bullwinkle]] and [[wikipedia:Underdog (TV series)|Underdog]]. | ||
| + | *While Homer is watching football, the announcer says the teams are playing in the Pontiac Silverdome, yet when it cuts to the television, the stadium is an open air stadium. | ||
*'The Simpsons is self-referenced when Homer tells Bart that if the parade "turned every flash-in-pan cartoon character into a balloon, it will be a farce", the TV shows a giant balloon of Bart. Not coincidentally, 1990 was the year the Bart Simpson balloon was added to the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. | *'The Simpsons is self-referenced when Homer tells Bart that if the parade "turned every flash-in-pan cartoon character into a balloon, it will be a farce", the TV shows a giant balloon of Bart. Not coincidentally, 1990 was the year the Bart Simpson balloon was added to the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. | ||
*Mr. Burns lives on the corner of [[wikipedia:Croesus|Croesus]] and [[wikipedia:Mammon|Mammon]], two symbols of wealth. | *Mr. Burns lives on the corner of [[wikipedia:Croesus|Croesus]] and [[wikipedia:Mammon|Mammon]], two symbols of wealth. | ||
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Revision as of 23:58, January 21, 2010
Trivia
- Greg Berg voices as Rory the Bum.
Cultural references
- Homer and Bart watch Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. They talk about the Helium balloons modeled after Bullwinkle and Underdog.
- While Homer is watching football, the announcer says the teams are playing in the Pontiac Silverdome, yet when it cuts to the television, the stadium is an open air stadium.
- 'The Simpsons is self-referenced when Homer tells Bart that if the parade "turned every flash-in-pan cartoon character into a balloon, it will be a farce", the TV shows a giant balloon of Bart. Not coincidentally, 1990 was the year the Bart Simpson balloon was added to the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.
- Mr. Burns lives on the corner of Croesus and Mammon, two symbols of wealth.
- When Bart is discovered attempting to steal a pie from the window sill, one of the guards at Burns's mansion is reading Les Misérables, in which the main character is imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread after breaking a window.
- Kent Brockman references Emmett Kelly, the Charlie Chaplin character the Tramp and the Red Skelton character Freddy the Freeloader.
- The music Bart sings when he brings the turkey to the table is the music heard in the 20th Century Fox opening.
- The poem Lisa is seen writing in her room is a direct parody of the first lines of Allen Ginsberg's most famous poem, Howl.
