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== Cultural references == | == Cultural references == | ||
| − | *The episode features numerous cultural references. The song "[[wikipedia:Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)|Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)]]" by [[wikipedia:C+C Music Factory|C+C Music Factory]] is played twice during the episode: first as the steel mill transforms into a disco, and second over the closing credits. | + | *The episode features numerous cultural references. The song "[[wikipedia:Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)|Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)]]" by [[wikipedia:C+C Music Factory|C+C Music Factory]] is played twice during the episode: first as the steel mill transforms into a disco, and second over the closing credits. |
| − | *Homer's record collection includes music by the [[wikipedia:New Christy Minstrels|New Christy Minstrels]] and The Wedding of [[wikipedia:Lynda Bird Johnson|Lynda Bird Johnson]], the albums ''Loony Luau'' and ''[[wikipedia:Ballads of the Green Berets|Ballads of the Green Berets]]'' by [[wikipedia:Staff Sergeant|Staff Sgt.]] [[wikipedia:Barry Sadler|Barry Sadler]]. | + | *Homer's record collection includes music by the [[wikipedia:New Christy Minstrels|New Christy Minstrels]] and The Wedding of [[wikipedia:Lynda Bird Johnson|Lynda Bird Johnson]], the albums ''Loony Luau'' and ''[[wikipedia:Ballads of the Green Berets|Ballads of the Green Berets]]'' by [[wikipedia:Staff Sergeant|Staff Sgt.]] [[wikipedia:Barry Sadler|Barry Sadler]]. |
**The song that John picks out and he and Homer dance to is "[[wikipedia:I Love the Nightlife|I Love the Nightlife]]" by [[wikipedia:Alicia Bridges|Alicia Bridges]], and the song that Bart dances to is "[[wikipedia:The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)|The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)]]" by [[wikipedia:Cher|Cher]].<ref name="BBC"/> | **The song that John picks out and he and Homer dance to is "[[wikipedia:I Love the Nightlife|I Love the Nightlife]]" by [[wikipedia:Alicia Bridges|Alicia Bridges]], and the song that Bart dances to is "[[wikipedia:The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)|The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)]]" by [[wikipedia:Cher|Cher]].<ref name="BBC"/> | ||
| − | *When John is introduced there is a plastic pink flamingo lying in the background, a reference to John Waters's film ''[[wikipedia:Pink Flamingos|Pink Flamingos]]''. | + | *When John is introduced there is a plastic pink flamingo lying in the background, a reference to John Waters's film ''[[wikipedia:Pink Flamingos|Pink Flamingos]]''. |
*The Simpson family is stuck with a $900 bill as a result of Bart using the washing machine as a makeshift lottery air ball blower. In [[Bart vs. Australia]], one of Bart's careless ideas results in an Australian family getting a $900 phone bill, which is eventually sent back to Bart via an Australian collection agency. | *The Simpson family is stuck with a $900 bill as a result of Bart using the washing machine as a makeshift lottery air ball blower. In [[Bart vs. Australia]], one of Bart's careless ideas results in an Australian family getting a $900 phone bill, which is eventually sent back to Bart via an Australian collection agency. | ||
*The title of this episode is a pun on the word Homophobia | *The title of this episode is a pun on the word Homophobia | ||
| − | == | + | == Continuity == |
| − | + | *[[Homer]]'s [[Pin Pals]] shirt is worn by [[John (Homer's Phobia)|John]], last seen in ''[[Team Homer]]''. | |
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Revision as of 06:59, June 19, 2010
Cultural references
- The episode features numerous cultural references. The song "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" by C+C Music Factory is played twice during the episode: first as the steel mill transforms into a disco, and second over the closing credits.
- Homer's record collection includes music by the New Christy Minstrels and The Wedding of Lynda Bird Johnson, the albums Loony Luau and Ballads of the Green Berets by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler.
- The song that John picks out and he and Homer dance to is "I Love the Nightlife" by Alicia Bridges, and the song that Bart dances to is "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" by Cher.[1]
- When John is introduced there is a plastic pink flamingo lying in the background, a reference to John Waters's film Pink Flamingos.
- The Simpson family is stuck with a $900 bill as a result of Bart using the washing machine as a makeshift lottery air ball blower. In Bart vs. Australia, one of Bart's careless ideas results in an Australian family getting a $900 phone bill, which is eventually sent back to Bart via an Australian collection agency.
- The title of this episode is a pun on the word Homophobia
Continuity
- Homer's Pin Pals shirt is worn by John, last seen in Team Homer.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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