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*The man in the commercial sits down and the music stops, but when homer and Eli Stern VI are have stopped talking, he is up again and the music is playing | *The man in the commercial sits down and the music stops, but when homer and Eli Stern VI are have stopped talking, he is up again and the music is playing | ||
| − | == Cultural | + | == Cultural References == |
| − | *The title is a | + | *The episode title is a pun on the musical [[wikipedia:My Fair Lady|''My Fair Lady'']]. |
| − | * | + | **The musical is referenced throughout the episode, with [[Lisa]] in the role of Professor Higgins and [[Groundskeeper Willie]] as Eliza Doolittle. |
| − | *The wager that [[Jimbo Jones]] makes with [[Kearney]] is a reference to ''Around the World in | + | **The episode also features songs similar to the style of the musical. |
| − | *The music heard in the Super Bowl commercial for Blue Pants is "Baby Elephant Walk" by Henry Mancini | + | |
| + | *[[Coach Krupt]]'s saying "What is your major malfunction, Simpson?" is a reference to [[wikipedia:Full Metal Jacket|''Full Metal Jacket'']]. In fact, the entire scene is modeled after a similar scene in the film, from camera angles to [[Bart]]'s facial expression. | ||
| + | *The wager that [[Jimbo Jones]] makes with [[Kearney]] is a reference to [[wikipedia:Around the World in Eighty Days|''Around the World in Eighty Days'']] by [[wikipedia:Jules Verne|Jules Verne]]. | ||
| + | *The music heard in the [[wikipedia:Super Bowl|Super Bowl]] commercial for Blue Pants is "[[wikipedia:Baby Elephant Walk|Baby Elephant Walk]]," composed by [[wikipedia:Henry Mancini|Henry Mancini]] for the film [[wikipedia:Hatari!|''Hatari!'']]. This song was previously prominently featured in [[Dancin' Homer]]. | ||
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Revision as of 20:49, August 15, 2010
Trivia
- In the show's entire 17-year run, this is the very first full-length episode centered around Groundskeeper Willie. He was, however, the central character in "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace", one of the three segments of "Treehouse of Horror VI", and had a large amount of screentime devoted to him in "Girly Edition"—in which his shack was also destroyed by Bart's shenanigans and left him temporarily homeless.
- Connections: This episode covers the same topic as "My Fair Lady." This episode is also somewhat similar to the season 11 episode "Pygmoelian", in the sense that it features another secondary character getting a 'makeover' or 'new look', last time it was Moe Szyslak. "My Fair Lady" is also a retelling of Pygmalion.
- In the gym teacher's datebook, "Double Bombardment" is listed on Christmas.
- The episode was rated TV-PG for drug references, violence, coarse language and sexual references.
- In this episode's end credits ,instead of the normal music there was a medley of the songs heard
- The man in the commercial sits down and the music stops, but when homer and Eli Stern VI are have stopped talking, he is up again and the music is playing
Cultural References
- The episode title is a pun on the musical My Fair Lady.
- The musical is referenced throughout the episode, with Lisa in the role of Professor Higgins and Groundskeeper Willie as Eliza Doolittle.
- The episode also features songs similar to the style of the musical.
- Coach Krupt's saying "What is your major malfunction, Simpson?" is a reference to Full Metal Jacket. In fact, the entire scene is modeled after a similar scene in the film, from camera angles to Bart's facial expression.
- The wager that Jimbo Jones makes with Kearney is a reference to Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne.
- The music heard in the Super Bowl commercial for Blue Pants is "Baby Elephant Walk," composed by Henry Mancini for the film Hatari!. This song was previously prominently featured in Dancin' Homer.
