Moe Letter Blues/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 21 Episode References
← 461 "To Surveil with Love"	462 "Moe Letter Blues"	"The Bob Next Door" 463 →

Cultural references

• The title is a reference to the 1990 Spike Lee film Mo' Better Blues. This is also spoofed in "Moe Baby Blues".
  • This title could also be a reference of the Sam and Max 202 Moai Better Blues.
• The plot of the episode is a parody of the film A Letter to Three Wives.
• When the head of Jebediah Springfield's statue lands on Ralph during the opening sequence, Ralph says "Hello, darkness," a possible reference to the Simon & Garfunkel song "The Sound of Silence" (the first line of the song is "Hello, darkness, my old friend").
• Otto (who is possibly high) sees every vehicle on the road as a character from the Pixar film Cars.
• The game Dance Dance Evolution that Manjula and Moe play at Moe's Tavern is very similar to the Dance Dance Revolution game serious, with the game playing the song "Just Dance" by Lady Gaga and Akon. The game is also a product of "Zii", a parody of Wii.
• The name Patty and Selma gives to Homer, "Chunky with the Pants of Meatballs", is a reference to the book and movie "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs".
• While talk with Reverend Lovejoy, The Parson mentions Krakatoa, East of Java.

Trivia

• According to this episode, Moe moved to Springfield because on a calculator the zip code spelled "boobs", meaning it is 80085. There is no real-life city with this zip code.
• When Apu asks how old Homer is, he guesses that Homer is 65. Homer replies that he is 39-years-old.

Goofs

• In the opening scene where Homer is riding Barney around like a bull, Sam and Larry are seen in the first crowd. But when Homer rides Barney back the way he came, you can see another set of Sam and Larry in the crowd.
• Poonam is wearing blue pajamas and before Apu plays the lullaby that his mother sang to him, she is now wearing pink pajamas.
• When Marge is seen standing in a towel through the bedroom window, her hair is briefly cut out by the wall in the background.

← Season 20 Season 21 References Season 22 →

Homer the Whopper • Bart Gets a "Z" • The Great Wife Hope • Treehouse of Horror XX • The Devil Wears Nada • Pranks and Greens • Rednecks and Broomsticks • Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou? • Thursdays with Abie • Once Upon a Time in Springfield • Million Dollar Maybe • Boy Meets Curl • The Color Yellow • Postcards from the Wedge • Stealing First Base • The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed • American History X-cellent • Chief of Hearts • The Squirt and the Whale • To Surveil with Love • Moe Letter Blues • The Bob Next Door • Judge Me Tender