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| + | *The producers had contacted {{w|Sheryl Crow}} and asked her to record Kirk's song "Can I Borrow A Feeling" to play over the closing credits. Crow declined. | ||
| + | *The first scene where the family is eating dinner in front of the television with TV trays is the actual test for background artists to be hired for the show. | ||
| + | *The premise of this episode was inspired by a scene in a previous episode "[[Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming]]" where Milhouse, while playing with the cockpit of an F-15, pretends to launch missiles at his mom, dad, and Sally Wexler out of anger that they had to send him to a psychiatrist. | ||
| + | *This is the only episode written entirely by [[Steve Tompkins]], although he had been a part of the writing staff for several years.<ref name="com">{{cite video | people=Tompkins, Steve; Weinstein, Josh; Oakley, Bill|year=2006|title=The Simpsons season 8 DVD commentary for the episode "A Milhouse Divided"| medium=DVD||publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> | ||
| + | *The writers wanted to break a typical sitcom convention by having the Van Houten's divorce, and remained divorced at the end.<ref name="com"/> | ||
| + | *The episode original featured a subplot involving Bart getting jealous of the attention Milhouse was getting and wanting Homer and Marge to divorce.<ref name="com"/> | ||
| + | *The Simpsons have a diner party similar to the one in "[[The War of the Simpsons]]".<ref name="com"/> | ||
| + | *Kirk loses his job at [[Southern Cracker]]. It was previously established that he worked there in "[[Homie the Clown]]" and "[[Bart on the Road]]"; in the former, Milhouse states Kirk is "a pretty big wheel down at the cracker factory". | ||
*Kirk's song is titled "Can I Borrow a Feeling?" | *Kirk's song is titled "Can I Borrow a Feeling?" | ||
| − | *The cake that Marge and Homer have at their wedding reads "To a Whale of a Wife, | + | *The cake that Marge and Homer have at their wedding reads "To a Whale of a Wife", with the cake being in the shape of a whale. |
*Milhouse's toy car is designed to look like a S-class Mercedes. | *Milhouse's toy car is designed to look like a S-class Mercedes. | ||
*"El Barto" is written outside of the Springfield Marriage Bureau building. | *"El Barto" is written outside of the Springfield Marriage Bureau building. | ||
*The sign outside of the Cracker Factory reads: "Southern Cracker: The dryyyyyyyy cracker." | *The sign outside of the Cracker Factory reads: "Southern Cracker: The dryyyyyyyy cracker." | ||
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[[Category:Trivia]] | [[Category:Trivia]] | ||
Revision as of 12:47, August 27, 2010
Trivia
- The producers had contacted Sheryl Crow and asked her to record Kirk's song "Can I Borrow A Feeling" to play over the closing credits. Crow declined.
- The first scene where the family is eating dinner in front of the television with TV trays is the actual test for background artists to be hired for the show.
- The premise of this episode was inspired by a scene in a previous episode "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" where Milhouse, while playing with the cockpit of an F-15, pretends to launch missiles at his mom, dad, and Sally Wexler out of anger that they had to send him to a psychiatrist.
- This is the only episode written entirely by Steve Tompkins, although he had been a part of the writing staff for several years.[1]
- The writers wanted to break a typical sitcom convention by having the Van Houten's divorce, and remained divorced at the end.[1]
- The episode original featured a subplot involving Bart getting jealous of the attention Milhouse was getting and wanting Homer and Marge to divorce.[1]
- The Simpsons have a diner party similar to the one in "The War of the Simpsons".[1]
- Kirk loses his job at Southern Cracker. It was previously established that he worked there in "Homie the Clown" and "Bart on the Road"; in the former, Milhouse states Kirk is "a pretty big wheel down at the cracker factory".
- Kirk's song is titled "Can I Borrow a Feeling?"
- The cake that Marge and Homer have at their wedding reads "To a Whale of a Wife", with the cake being in the shape of a whale.
- Milhouse's toy car is designed to look like a S-class Mercedes.
- "El Barto" is written outside of the Springfield Marriage Bureau building.
- The sign outside of the Cracker Factory reads: "Southern Cracker: The dryyyyyyyy cracker."
