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**Gomer Pyle was played by [[Jim Nabors]], who was gay.
 
**Gomer Pyle was played by [[Jim Nabors]], who was gay.
 
*[[Whiz-Bang Toy Company]] is a parody of {{W|Wham-O}}.
 
*[[Whiz-Bang Toy Company]] is a parody of {{W|Wham-O}}.
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**[[Don]] swats his secretary on the rump as he passes by, epitomizing the casual workplace sexism of the period.
 
**One of the employees is playing with {{W|Lawn darts|Jarts}}, which make a clinking sound as they penetrate the floor. He inadvertently flips a Jart, impaling a fellow employee in the chest. Jarts became illegal in 1988.
 
**One of the employees is playing with {{W|Lawn darts|Jarts}}, which make a clinking sound as they penetrate the floor. He inadvertently flips a Jart, impaling a fellow employee in the chest. Jarts became illegal in 1988.
 
*When Grampa says putty could be silly again, he is referring to {{W|Silly Putty}}.
 
*When Grampa says putty could be silly again, he is referring to {{W|Silly Putty}}.

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References/Trivia


Season 30 Episode References
649 "'Tis the 30th Season"
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"Mad About the Toy"
"The Girl on the Bus" 651


Cultural references

Trivia

Continuity

Season 30 References
Bart's Not Dead Heartbreak Hotel My Way or the Highway to Heaven Treehouse of Horror XXIX Baby You Can't Drive My Car From Russia Without Love Werking Mom Krusty the Clown Daddicus Finch 'Tis the 30th Season Mad About the Toy The Girl on the Bus I'm Dancing as Fat as I Can The Clown Stays in the Picture 101 Mitigations I Want You (She's So Heavy) E My Sports Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy Girl's in the Band I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh D'oh Canada Woo-Hoo Dunnit? Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion