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== Cultural references == | == Cultural references == | ||
| − | *The episode title is a pun on [[wikipedia:Lost Horizon| | + | *The episode title is a pun on ''[[wikipedia:Lost Horizon|Lost Horizon]] ''and the latter name of the title is named after the phone company Verizon. |
| − | *Inga-Bar Beerman is a | + | *Inga-Bar Beerman is a reference of Swedish director [[wikipedia:Ingmar Bergman|Ingmar Bergman]]. |
*Crocodile Dunkee's is a parody of [[wikipedia:Crocodile Dundee|''Crocodile Dundee'']]. | *Crocodile Dunkee's is a parody of [[wikipedia:Crocodile Dundee|''Crocodile Dundee'']]. | ||
*Skinner crosses the freeway in a similar fashion to the game [[wikipedia:Frogger|Frogger]]. | *Skinner crosses the freeway in a similar fashion to the game [[wikipedia:Frogger|Frogger]]. | ||
Revision as of 13:12, September 23, 2010
Cultural references
- The episode title is a pun on Lost Horizon and the latter name of the title is named after the phone company Verizon.
- Inga-Bar Beerman is a reference of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman.
- Crocodile Dunkee's is a parody of Crocodile Dundee.
- Skinner crosses the freeway in a similar fashion to the 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 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.
Trivia
- Dr. Nick reappears in this episode, even though he appeared to have died in The Simpsons Movie.
