Flaming Moe's/References
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Cultural references
- The episode has many references to TV sitcom Cheers:
- The song "Flaming Moe's" and images onscreen while it played are a parody of the opening credits.
- The waitress is a parody of Diane Chambers played by Shelley Long and the waitress' relationship to Moe is a reference to the Sam and Diane romance. At the end of the episode when Moe says, "She left to pursue a movie career. Frankly, I think she was better off here." is a reference to Diane being writtenoff the show when Shelley Long decided after Season Five to quit in order to pursue a movie career.
- Barney being greeted by the bar crowd yelling his name was a running gag for Norm Peterson played by George Wendt.
- The bartender who greets Barney with, "How's the world treating you, Mr. Gumble?" is a parody of Woody Boyd played by Woody Harrelson.
- Both names ascribed to the drink (Flaming Homer and Flaming Moe) are similar to terms for a stereotypical homosexual (flaming homo and flaming 'mo, respectively).
- Moe being referred to as the Wizard of Walnut Street is a play The Wizard of Wall Street, a phrase first popularized to described stockbroker Gerald M. Loeb.
Trivia
- The knockoff's of Flaming Moe's that spring up overnight include Flaming Meaux, Flaming Moe's pushcart, and Famous Moe's.
- The gang at Flaming Moe's include: Lenny, Carl, Barney, Krusty, Dr. Nick, Princess Kashimr, Ned and Maude Flanders, Jasper, Otto, Ms. Krabappel, Kent Brockman and Barney again.
- A sign behind the bar reads, "Bartenders do it "till ya barf".
- Maggie says Moe in this episode - in Homer's hallucination. Whether or not, it counts as her first word is up to you. Note that she also said It's your fault I can't talk! in "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" (in Bart's nightmare).
- A bowie knife, a glass eye, a troll doll and the cough syrup are in the Lost and Found box.
- Underneath the floorboards at Lisa's slumber party is a pipe labeled lead and insulation labeled Asbestos.
- At dinner, Lisa asks Marge if she can have a virgin Moe instead of milk. It's implied that all of the ingredients in a regular Flaming Moe are alcoholic except for the cough syrup, thus, a virgin Moe would consist solely of cough syrup.
Continuity
Goofs
- Herman Hermann is seen with two arms.
- It could be possible he's wearing a prospectic arm.
- Bart is holding a brown bottle in his left hand and a white bottle in his right hand, when the camera comes back to him the bottle colors are reversed.
- In the same scene involving Herman's two arms, Lance Murdock has brown hair.
