The Way We Was/References

References/Trivia

Season 2 Episode References

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"The Way We Was"

Debut Appearances

When Homer is driving his car, he is disappointed to hear They Long to Be Close to You by the Carpenters, but is in better spirits when he changes the station to hear Space Cowboy by the Steve Miller Band, to which he sings along. However, They Long to be Close to You, plays in Homer's mind when he first lays eyes on Marge, indicating love at first sight. Space Cowboy plays over the closing credits.
The television show they are watching in the beginning is a parody of the television series Siskel and Ebert and The Movies.

Grandpa and Homer dined on a bucket of Shakespeare Fried Chicken.
This is the first episode where we see Homer smoking (he smokes cigarettes in the bathroom as a teen). He would also smoke cigars and pipes in later episodes.
The articles in "Ms. Magazine" are: "Why all men are bad," "Hating and Dating: Do they mix?" and "25 reasons not to shave your armpits"
The Larry Davis Experience (from 7G01) play at the prom.
Mr. Seckofsky (the shop teacher) is missing a finger.
Homer has posters of Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.
Marge says they were seniors in high school together, so that would mean that they are the same age. However, it has been established that Homer is 39, and Marge is 34. Is it possible that Homer got held back in school five times? He sure didnt look 23 when he was a senior. This is just one of the many weird things in the show about Homer aging, but nobody else.
A spoof Barry White song is played when Homer invites Marge home for French guidance. The voice, nor the lyrics, belong to Barry White at all, but he does make an appearance later on in "Whacking Day".

Homer dismisses English class as worthless because "I am never going to go to England!" However, Homer tours England in "The Regina Monologues".
A brief scene of "I Married Marge" is shown, but it would not be until the following season that the story would be told in its entirety.
Although they think it is the first time they met, Marge and Homer will find out that when they were little kids they met at a summer camp in The Way We Weren't.
They Long to Be Close to You is heard again in The Simpsons Movie when Homer watches his wedding video.
When Homer is given the pamphlet about Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, he is told he does not need a college education to work there, yet in "Homer Goes to College" he does. (Debunked: Homer was later promoted to safety inspector, in "Homer's Odyssey". It's possible that Homer didn't need college for an entry-level job, but it was required for the inspector position. Burns might have glossed over the college requirement at the time he promoted Homer, only to be caught out later by the NRC Inspectors in "Homer Goes to College".)