Kamp Krusty/References
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Cultural references
- When the kids, teachers, and staff wreck Springfield Elementary School in Bart's dream, the song playing is "School's Out" by Alice Cooper.
- Some of the depictions of conditions at Kamp Krusty are taken from the Allan Sherman song "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah".
- Ben-Hur: When Kearney beats a drum to make the kids in the sweatshop work harder, it's a reference to the slave galley scene from the movie.
- The French Lieutenant's Woman: Referenced in the scene where Lisa gives a bottle of whiskey to a man on horseback as payment for delivering a letter. Lisa is also dressed much like Meryl Streep's character was in the film scene.
- The sequence where Bart leads a revolt and the kids take over the camp is reminiscent of Lord of the Flies.
- The 1991 fall of the Soviet Union is referenced when the rebelling campers uproot a totem pole of Krusty, parodying rioting Russians tearing down statues of Lenin, Stalin, and other Soviet dictators.
- Note for Star Wars fans: The scene cannot be a reference to the Emperor's statue being torn down at the end of Return of the Jedi. The episode aired in 1992, but the scene with the Emperor's statue occurs in the Special Edition, which wasn't released until 1997.
- The post-revolt Kamp Krusty (where Bart is in charge and the camp has been renamed to "Camp Bart") strongly resembles Colonel Kurtz's camp in Apocalypse Now.
- The song played over the closing credits is "South of the Border". However, the singer is not Frank Sinatra, but a sound-a-like.
Trivia
- This is the first episode where we learn Dolph's name, even though he has been seen since season 1.
- When Dolph serves the "Krusty Brand Imitation Gruel" to the kids, he is wearing a hairnet, making it one of the few times both his eyes are visible.
- Bart's remark of "No way would I lend my name to a crummy product" is an ironic one; a likely reference to the Butterfinger commercials Bart has starred in.
- When Kent Brockman comments that he has reported on Afghanistan and Iraq, he was referring to the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the 1991 U.S. invasion of Iraq (the first Gulf War), not the current conflicts, where the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003.
- The episode was inspired by a staff member who worked as a teenager as a counselor in a summer camp and saw exposed live wires and other hazards. The producers said this episode was meant to relate to those who went to summer camps or took jobs in one.
Continuity
- In Man vs. Beast vs. Food, when telling Krusty who he is, Bart mentioned he lead a revolt as Krusty's summer camp.
Goofs
- When the kids sing the "Kamp Krusty Theme Song", Martin Prince, Jr. is present, despite being in Fat Camp instead of the regular camp.
- Homer points out to Marge that now the kids are away, he has grown two more hairs, making it four on the top of his head. Later when they are reading Lisa's letter, he has two hairs again. But later still when they are watching TV, he has four again. Two of them fall out when he sees that Bart is the ringleader, leaving him with his original two.
- When the kids rip Krusty's shirt to see if is the real him he buttons his shirt up then in the next shot his shirt is still torn.
- In the shot where Kearney is reading the letter sent to Marge whilst he is eating the jellybean cookies, there is a quick shot of Kearney's hand going in his mouth with the cookie to eat it. Note that there is nothing on his wrist. In the next shot where it is revealed that Kearney is reading the letter rather than Bart or Lisa, he has spiky, black collars on his wrist.
