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Cultural references

• The title of the episode is a reference to the film producer and one-time guest star Robert Evans autobiography The Kid Stays in the Picture.
• In one of Marc Maron podcasts, he interviewed Loudon Wainwright III and Bobcat Goldthwait.
• Late '80s High concept movies posters seen:
  • Beverly Hills Boot Camp is likely a reference to the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise.
  • Spy Babies, a parody of Spy Kids.
  • The Leprechaun Clause, a parody to The Santa Clause.
  • Nerd Mom
  • Nun-Jas, a portmanteau of "nun" and "ninjas". The French title, "Les Religeuses, Elles Ont Des Armes De L'Orient", is a reference to movie titles in other languages often being translated very strangely.^[1]
  • Basketball Dolphin
  • Karate Lawyer
  • Pope and a Half, a parody to Cop and a Half.
  • Robo-Bladers
  • My Uncle the Nephew
• Good Cop, Dog Cop is a reference to Good cop/bad cop.
• Absolute Vodk is a parody of Absolut Vodka.^[2]
• The Sands of Space book is a reference to the novel Dune.^[3]
• The ambitious but bizarre, and ultimately failed, attempt to do justice to The Sands of Space novel is likely modeled after Alejandro Jodorowsky's mid-1970s attempt to bring Dune to the screen.
• Savage Sam Borgberg is a shoutout to Savage Steve Holland.^[4]
• The restaurant Krusty works at, Morton's, is modeled after The Ivy.^[5]
  • Celebrities at the restaurant:^[6]
    • Curtis "Booger" Armstrong
    • Jerry Bruckheimer
    • Arnold Schwarzenegger
    • Danny DeVito
    • James L. Brooks
    • Steven Spielberg
    • Eddie Murphy
• A producer of the movies mentions Stanley Kubrick.
• Cast members of the movie The Sands of Space include Judd Nelson and Christian Slater.
• The scene in the movie where the crew goes off to save Homer is a reference to Mad Max: Fury Road.
• Annie Leibovitz taking a picture in a bathtub full of milk is a reference to a famous photo of Whoopi Goldberg in such tub.^[7]
• Writers of The Sands of Space movie include William Goldman, Joe Eszterhas, Shane Black and Nora Ephron.
• Krusty and Marge wanted to get Peabo Bryson to sing over the end credits.
• The captures want to sell the movie to the highest bidder, at MIFED. MIFED is a now-defunct Italian film sales festival, the Mercato Internazionale del File del Documentario.^[8]
• Marc Maron says that he is so glad that Byron Allen cancelled his interview.

Trivia

• The numbers of Marc Maron's podcasts are numbered after Season 30's production numbers.
• Troy McClure appears on the cover of Premiere magazine.
• The episode was dedicated in memory of former production manager Trista H. Navarro, who died on February 6, 12 days before the episode aired.

Goofs

• In one scene, Herman has two arms, while later after handling TNT, he has one.^[9]
• Krusty is seen reading throughout the episode, despite being illiterate.

References