Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield/References
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"Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield"
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a reference to the 1989 black comedy movie Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills, which depicts a series of sexual entanglements and comic confusions between a group of rich Beverly Hills socialites and their servants.
- When Bart and Homer look at television sets in the Ogdenville Outlet Mall, the off-brand sets they see include Magnetbox, Panaphonics and Sorny, puns on respectively Magnavox, Panasonic and Sony.
- When Homer takes up golfing, he reads a book titled The New Our Caddies, Ourselves, a wordplay on the women's health book Our Bodies, Ourselves.
- When Marge tells Homer not to wear a tie with a short-sleeved shirt, Homer protests that "Sipowicz does it", referring to the character Andy Sipowicz on NYPD Blue.
- The opera playing on the TV is La Traviata, and the aria is "Sempre libera."
- When Homer tells Marge that Kennedy and Lincoln had the same golf handicap, it is a reference to the many putative similarities between Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy.
- The Great Gatsby is referenced when Lisa says the line, "the rich are different from you and me" - a direct quote from the novel.
- Marge's line "I wouldn't want to join any club that would have me as a member" is a reference to Groucho Marx and the movie Annie Hall.
Goofs
- The layout of the price tags changed between when Homer and Bart first walk into the store at the outlet mall and in the closeup of Bart.
- When Marge smiles after Evelyn leaves the Kwik-E-Mart gas station, her lipstick disappears. It reappears when Mr. Burns pulls up.
- When Lisa is first shown riding the horse, the horse's eye is colored solid red.
Continuity
