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*When Homer tells Marge that Kennedy and Lincoln had the same golf handicap, it is a reference to the many putative {{w| Lincoln Kennedy coincidences urban legend | similarities between Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy}}. | *When Homer tells Marge that Kennedy and Lincoln had the same golf handicap, it is a reference to the many putative {{w| Lincoln Kennedy coincidences urban legend | similarities between Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy}}. | ||
*''{{w|The Great Gatsby}}'' is referenced when Lisa says the line, "the rich are different from you and me" - a direct quote from the novel. | *''{{w|The Great Gatsby}}'' is referenced when Lisa says the line, "the rich are different from you and me" - a direct quote from the novel. | ||
| − | *Marge's line "I wouldn't want to join any club that would have | + | *Marge's line "I wouldn't want to join any club that would have me as a member" is a reference to Groucho Marx and the movie ''{{w|Annie Hall}}''. |
== Goofs == | == Goofs == | ||
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a reference to the 1989 black comedy movie Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills, which depicts a series of sexual entanglements and comic confusions between a group of rich Beverly Hills socialites and their servants.
- When Bart and Homer look at television sets in the Ogdenville Outlet Mall, the off-brand sets they see include Magnetbox, Panaphonics and Sorny, puns on respectively Magnavox, Panasonic and Sony.
- When Homer takes up golfing, he reads a book titled The New Our Caddies, Ourselves, a wordplay on the women's health book Our Bodies, Ourselves.
- When Marge tells Homer not to wear a tie with a short-sleeved shirt, Homer protests that "Sipowicz does it", referring to the character Andy Sipowicz on NYPD Blue.
- The opera playing on the TV is La Traviata, and the aria is "Sempre libera."
- When Homer tells Marge that Kennedy and Lincoln had the same golf handicap, it is a reference to the many putative similarities between Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy.
- The Great Gatsby is referenced when Lisa says the line, "the rich are different from you and me" - a direct quote from the novel.
- Marge's line "I wouldn't want to join any club that would have me as a member" is a reference to Groucho Marx and the movie Annie Hall.
Goofs
- The layout of the price tags changed between when Homer and Bart first walk into the store at the outlet mall and in the closeup of Bart.
- When Lisa is first shown riding the horse, the horse's eye is colored solid red.
Continuity
- Marge gets her dress at a store in Ogdenville. Ogdenville was last mentioned in the episode "Marge vs. the Monorail" in season 4. In that episode, it was one of the places where Lyle Lanley sold monorails.
