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*[[Barney]] sings "plop, plop, fizz, fizz", a song that was sung by the {{W|Alka-Seltzer}} mascot Speedy Alka-Seltzer. | *[[Barney]] sings "plop, plop, fizz, fizz", a song that was sung by the {{W|Alka-Seltzer}} mascot Speedy Alka-Seltzer. | ||
*[[Ned]] mentions going to watch a ''{{W|Davey and Goliath}}'' marathon. | *[[Ned]] mentions going to watch a ''{{W|Davey and Goliath}}'' marathon. | ||
| − | *After the school bullies used the card shuffler to rearrange the school library's | + | *After the school bullies used the card shuffler to rearrange the school library's card catalogue, [[Principal Skinner]] said that {{W|Marcel Proust|Proust}} was next to [[Charles Dickens|Dickens]] and [[Leo Tolstoy|Tolstoy]] was next to {{W|Nathaniel Hawthorne|Hawthorne}}. |
*[[Martin]] has a book by [[Walt Whitman]]. | *[[Martin]] has a book by [[Walt Whitman]]. | ||
*Martin quotes poet [[E. E. Cummings]] and says "I would rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand starts how not to dance." | *Martin quotes poet [[E. E. Cummings]] and says "I would rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand starts how not to dance." | ||
Revision as of 12:01, August 27, 2023
Cultural references
- The story title is a reference to the Woody Allen film Crimes and Misdemeanors.
- Displays seen in McBean's Coffee House include:
- Jack "Oscar" Klugman's cigar, a reference to actor Jack Klugman who played Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple.
- A sock from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
- Gun confiscated at airport from Harry Connick Jr..
- Gun confiscated at airport from Christian Slater.
- Krusty says that Jimmy Caan will be working the espresso machine tomorrow.
- Barney sings "plop, plop, fizz, fizz", a song that was sung by the Alka-Seltzer mascot Speedy Alka-Seltzer.
- Ned mentions going to watch a Davey and Goliath marathon.
- After the school bullies used the card shuffler to rearrange the school library's card catalogue, Principal Skinner said that Proust was next to Dickens and Tolstoy was next to Hawthorne.
- Martin has a book by Walt Whitman.
- Martin quotes poet E. E. Cummings and says "I would rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand starts how not to dance."
- Martin quotes author Mary Shelley and says "Teach me half the gladness that thy brain must know."
- Lisa wanted to get a group together to discuss the feminine struggle that Wallace Stevens alluded to in his poem "The Ordinary Women".
- Martin tells Lisa that he's reminded of D. H. Lawrence's "A Young Wife".
- Martin paraphrases Groucho Marx and says "You wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me for a member!"
- Apu mentions Walt Whitman and Federico García Lorca in his poem. His poem was a tribute to the poetry of Allen Ginsberg. Krusty then says that he could do a tribute to the poetry of Ruth Bader Ginsburg for all he cares.
- Krusty tried to make Lisa host a poetry show whilst dressed like Mike Tyson.
- Martin says that he has never heard anyone "belch Wordsworth with such resonance" to Barney.
Goofs
- The Blue-haired lawyer has brown hair.
