Life on the Fast Lane/References

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• The original title of this episode was "Bjórn to Be Wild". This is because it called for Albert Brooks to voice Bjorn, a Swedish tennis instructor, but Matt Groening thought it would be better to make Brooks' character French.
• The title is a pun on The Eagles' song "Life in the Fast Lane". The initial title ("Bjorn To Be Wild") was meant to be a play on Steppenwolf's Born to Be Wild.
• Albert Brooks is credited under the name "A. Brooks" in this episode, as with all his other appearances on The Simpsons.
• Marge's Shoe size is 13 AA.
• The moon is seen to have three craters on it, much like a bowling ball when Jacques is dropping her off.
• Jacques takes Marge to Shorty's Coffee Shop for Brunch.
• This is Helen Lovejoy's first appearance.
• Jacques lives at the Fiesta Terrace.
• The scene near the end parodies the film An Officer and A Gentleman, and contains the same music.
• Jacques appears again in The Simpson's 7th Season Episode "Team Homer" and makes a brief cameo as a bowler in the past in,"And Maggie Makes Three" He also appears in the 'Do the Bartman' music video dancing with various women.
• If Marge is 34, this would mean she gave birth to Bart, now 10, when she was 24. This is inconsistent with most flashbacks to Homer and Marge's earlier lives.