Marge's Son Poisoning/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

Trivia

• During the talent show, Apu is singing Paula Cole's "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone".
• Marge and Bart sing "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd with alternate lyrics while riding the tandem bicycle, and Marge and Homer also sings the chorus of the song at the end of the episode.
• Ebony and Ivory is a duet song by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder.
• In the ending the boys are singing "My Sharona" by The Knack.

Cultural References

• The store Marge and Bart go to is called "The China Syndrome". A "china syndrome" is a catastrophic nuclear accident and a 1979 movie of the same name.
• The Tea Shop Marge and Bart go to, named "The Leaf Garrett Tea Shop" is a reference to Leif Garrett, a teen idol, actor and singer popular in the 1970s.
• In the "attack of the couches" couch gag, Professor Frink's couch loosely resembles a war machine from The War of the Worlds.
• At the tree house Marge shows a comic of Radioactive Man "side-by-side with Pelé", a famous Brazilian soccer player.