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*When running on a globe, Bart exclaims "Top of the world, Ma!", a reference to the second to last line of ''{{W|White Heat}}'', "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!". | *When running on a globe, Bart exclaims "Top of the world, Ma!", a reference to the second to last line of ''{{W|White Heat}}'', "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!". | ||
*Homer reads ''A Child's Garden of Edison'', a parody of ''{{W|A Child's Garden of Verses}}''. | *Homer reads ''A Child's Garden of Edison'', a parody of ''{{W|A Child's Garden of Verses}}''. | ||
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Cultural references
- The episode's title is an allusion to Thomas Edison's nickname, "the Wizard of Menlo Park".
- When running on a globe, Bart exclaims "Top of the world, Ma!", a reference to the second to last line of White Heat, "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!".
- Homer reads A Child's Garden of Edison, a parody of A Child's Garden of Verses.
- Gremlins: Homer invents an electric hammer.
- KITT from Knight Rider makes a cameo.
- Homer has dillusions of an alter-ego, à la The Strange Tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
- Among the attendees for Homer's imaginary funeral are the Lost in Space robot and Heckle and Jeckle.
Trivia
- When Homer daydreams about his funeral in The Graveyard of the Future, a tombstone with the name Tamzarian on it can be seen. Tamzarian being Principal Skinner's "real" last name from episode 9-2, "The Principal and the Pauper".
- On his blackboard, Homer has the equation 3987^12 + 4365^12 = 4472^12. This appears to violate Fermat's last theorem, as most calculators with less than 10 decimal places will show them as equal. However, it turns out there is a 0.000000002% difference between the equations. This is known as a near miss. Another near miss appears in "Treehouse of Horror VI".[1]
Continuity
- The film about Homer's life includes shots of his fight against Drederick Tatum ("The Homer They Fall") and his time on the space shuttle ("Deep Space Homer").
References
