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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
 
*The name of the episode is a reference to the song "{{W|Mad About the Boy}}" by {{W|Noël Coward}}.
 
*The name of the episode is a reference to the song "{{W|Mad About the Boy}}" by {{W|Noël Coward}}.
*[[Homer]] mentions {{w|Married... with Children}}'s theme song {{w|Love and Marriage}}, and [[Modern Family]].
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*Homer sings a parody of "{{W|Love and Marriage}}" by [[Frank Sinatra]], the theme song of ''[[Married... with Children]]''.
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**Homer mentions [[Al Bundy]] and says that he's now on ''[[Modern Family]]'', referring to Bundy's actor {{W|Ed O'Neill}} playing Jay Pritchett on the show.
 
*Homer and [[Marge]] leave the kids in the care of [[Amazon Alexa]] and [[Google]] {{w|Google Home|Home}}.
 
*Homer and [[Marge]] leave the kids in the care of [[Amazon Alexa]] and [[Google]] {{w|Google Home|Home}}.
 
*Games the family considers playing include ''{{W|The Game of Life}}'', ''{{W|Hatchimals}}'', ''{{W|Pick-up sticks}}'' and ''[[Monopoly]]''.
 
*Games the family considers playing include ''{{W|The Game of Life}}'', ''{{W|Hatchimals}}'', ''{{W|Pick-up sticks}}'' and ''[[Monopoly]]''.
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*The song that plays when the family arrive in [[New York City]] is "{{W|New York Groove}}" by {{W|Ace Frehley}}.
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*The family visit the [[n&n's Store]], a parody of {{W|M&M's}}.
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*After leaving the photoshoot, Grampa went to see a [[Rock Hudson]] film to remind him what a real man is like. Rock Hudson was discreetly gay.
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*The song that plays when the family arrives in [[Texas]] is "Miles and Miles of Texas" by {{W|Asleep at the Wheel}}.
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*The family visits the [[Prada Marfa]] art installation. They also see the {{W|Marfa lights}}.
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*[[Philip Hefflin]] mentions a paper from {{W|Cornell University}}.
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*When Grampa is talking about the old days, he gets annoyed at ''{{W|Young Sheldon}}''.
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*Grampa says that he is as straight as [[Gomer Pyle]] from ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' and ''{{W|Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.}}''.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
*The [[Title screen gag]] is a repeat of the one from [[Haw-Haw Land]], only changing the two years that go and come.
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*The [[Title screen gag]] is a repeat of the one from "[[Haw-Haw Land]]", only changing the two years that go and come.
  
 
== Continuity ==
 
== Continuity ==
 
*The family has a bag of toy soldiers from [[Toys Were Us]]. ("[[Daddicus Finch]]")
 
*The family has a bag of toy soldiers from [[Toys Were Us]]. ("[[Daddicus Finch]]")
*Homer and Marge go to the [[Sir Putt-A-Lot's Merrie Olde Fun Centre]]. ("[[Dead Putting Society]]")
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{{Season 30|R}}
 
{{Season 30|R}}
  

Revision as of 14:07, January 7, 2019

References/Trivia


Season 30 Episode References
649 "'Tis the 30th Season"
650
"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