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*This is one of the only two episodes in which the guest star uses a pseudonym instead of their real name (the other being "[[Stark Raving Dad]]"). Following the legal troubles surrounding "Stark Raving Dad", the producers stated henceforce no pseudonyms would be allowed. As a result, all voice actors must use their true names in the credits of ''The Simpsons''. | *This is one of the only two episodes in which the guest star uses a pseudonym instead of their real name (the other being "[[Stark Raving Dad]]"). Following the legal troubles surrounding "Stark Raving Dad", the producers stated henceforce no pseudonyms would be allowed. As a result, all voice actors must use their true names in the credits of ''The Simpsons''. | ||
| − | + | *[[File:Graduate Sight Gag.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"[[Mrs. Krabappel]], you're trying to seduce me."]][[Dustin Hoffman]] guest-starred as [[Mr. Bergstrom]], but was credited at the time as "Sam Etic". However, a hint at his true identity was dropped in the scene where Bergstrom visits with [[Mrs. Krabappel]] in the teachers' lounge. Edna seductively stretches her leg across the screen while Bergstrom is seen standing in the background, a sight gag on the movie poster for ''{{w|The Graduate}}'', in which Hoffman starred as Benjamin Braddock. Bergstrom also accuses Edna of trying to seduce him, echoing Braddock's line, "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me." | |
| − | *Dustin Hoffman's pseudonym | + | *Dustin Hoffman's pseudonym "Sam Etic" was chosen as reference to his character being Jewish or "[[wikipedia:Semitic|Semitic]]". *In one particular scene, Maggie whimpers a little, Nancy Cartwright was asked to play Maggie and she accepted but she spotted her husband (they are divorced now) and her daughter (who was a baby at the time) walk in the studio. She asked one of the directors if her baby could do the little whimpers for Maggie. The director said yes and Nancy Cartwright's daughter actually made the whimpers of little Maggie. |
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| − | *In one particular scene, Maggie whimpers a little, Nancy Cartwright was asked to play Maggie and she accepted but she spotted her husband (they are divorced now) and her daughter (who was a baby at the time) walk in the studio. She asked one of the directors if her baby could do the little whimpers for Maggie. The director said yes and Nancy Cartwright's daughter actually made the whimpers of little Maggie. | ||
*Lisa makes reference to there not being many Jewish cowboys, to which Mr. Bergstrom says that there were a few. In actual history of the Old West, there was a multiracial makeup of cowboys and settlers, with there being cowboys of black, Mexican, and Indian heritage, as well as cowboys who were recent immigrants from places such as Russia, Germany, France. | *Lisa makes reference to there not being many Jewish cowboys, to which Mr. Bergstrom says that there were a few. In actual history of the Old West, there was a multiracial makeup of cowboys and settlers, with there being cowboys of black, Mexican, and Indian heritage, as well as cowboys who were recent immigrants from places such as Russia, Germany, France. | ||
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Trivia
- This is one of the only two episodes in which the guest star uses a pseudonym instead of their real name (the other being "Stark Raving Dad"). Following the legal troubles surrounding "Stark Raving Dad", the producers stated henceforce no pseudonyms would be allowed. As a result, all voice actors must use their true names in the credits of The Simpsons.
- Dustin Hoffman guest-starred as Mr. Bergstrom, but was credited at the time as "Sam Etic". However, a hint at his true identity was dropped in the scene where Bergstrom visits with Mrs. Krabappel in the teachers' lounge. Edna seductively stretches her leg across the screen while Bergstrom is seen standing in the background, a sight gag on the movie poster for The Graduate, in which Hoffman starred as Benjamin Braddock. Bergstrom also accuses Edna of trying to seduce him, echoing Braddock's line, "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me."File:Graduate Sight Gag.jpg"Mrs. Krabappel, you're trying to seduce me."
- Dustin Hoffman's pseudonym "Sam Etic" was chosen as reference to his character being Jewish or "Semitic". *In one particular scene, Maggie whimpers a little, Nancy Cartwright was asked to play Maggie and she accepted but she spotted her husband (they are divorced now) and her daughter (who was a baby at the time) walk in the studio. She asked one of the directors if her baby could do the little whimpers for Maggie. The director said yes and Nancy Cartwright's daughter actually made the whimpers of little Maggie.
- Lisa makes reference to there not being many Jewish cowboys, to which Mr. Bergstrom says that there were a few. In actual history of the Old West, there was a multiracial makeup of cowboys and settlers, with there being cowboys of black, Mexican, and Indian heritage, as well as cowboys who were recent immigrants from places such as Russia, Germany, France.
- The book that Mr. Bergstrom was reading to the class was Charlet's Web.
