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References/Trivia


Season 8 Episode References
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"The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase"
"The Secret War of Lisa Simpson" 178


Trivia

  • Lisa appears with one line in "Chief Wiggum P.I". It is announced she is replaced (by an older, more attractive, but less intelligent) girl in "The Simpsons Family Smile Time Variety Hour", which is a likely spoof of the 1977 spin off "The Brady Bunch Variety Hour", where Eve Plumb refused to participate in this spin-off, so she was replaced by another girl playing Jan Brady.
  • Homer is the only family member to appear in all three stories.
  • Actor Troy McClure hosts this showcase amidst a sea of framed pictures depicting such vintage TV spin-offs as Laverne and Shirley, The Ropers, Fish, Rhoda and The Jeffersons.
  • When Kent Brockman is announcing the debut of "The Simpsons Smile Time Variety Hour" a clock is behind him reading 8:20, which during the episode's debut, was the approximate time that segment was aired for households that went by Pacific Standard Time and Eastern Standard Time.
  • Betty is a caricature of her voice actress Tress MacNeille.

Cultural references

  • Magnum P.I. - The title of Chief Wiggum's skit is a reference to the famous TV show.
  • My Mother the Car - The "Love Matic Grandpa", where Moe's Love Tester is possessed by the spirit of Grandpa, is a spoof of this Jerry Van Dyke show, where a man buys an antique car to learn that his deceased mother is communicating to him through the car.
  • The Flintstones - The tiny alien called Ozmodiar is based on The Great Gazoo from this series.
Season 8 References
Treehouse of Horror VII You Only Move Twice The Homer They Fall Burns, Baby Burns Bart After Dark A Milhouse Divided Lisa's Date with Density Hurricane Neddy El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer The Springfield Files The Twisted World of Marge Simpson Mountain of Madness Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show Homer's Phobia Brother from Another Series My Sister, My Sitter Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment Grade School Confidential The Canine Mutiny The Old Man and the Lisa In Marge We Trust Homer's Enemy The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase The Secret War of Lisa Simpson