Diary Queen/References
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Cultural references
- The title is a reference to the American fast food chain Dairy Queen.
- The title screen gag is a reference to the disorders happening at the start of 2021 in the United States.
- The song "Today Garage Sale" is a parody of the song "Tonight Quintet" from West Side Story.
- Comic Book Guy wears the Sorting Hat and mentions Quiddich, both from Harry Potter.
- Julio holds an NPR bag, the logo is a reference to the National Public Radio, with N and R's colors inverted.
- Things that Ned doesn't find funny include:
- The Simpsons' Season 3 DVD box set, though with a different box art.
- The book The Best of Bill Maher.
- The book Gentle Christian Humor.
- A fake barf.
- Newspaper funny pages.
- A pair of red fuzzy car dice.
- Dr. Hibbert buys "Meryl Streep the Criterion Collection" at the garage sale.
- Ralph buys Peeps at the garage sale.
Edna Krabappel and Marcia Wallace ending montage
The montage includes:
- Ned and Edna holding hands with the text "Nedna forever" underneath. ("Ned 'N' Edna's Blend")
- Bart writing "I will never be a teacher's pet" on the chalkboard with Edna reading a book at her desk.
- Her cat taking a dead pigeon to her door.
- Edna watching The Bob Newhart Show. Marcia Wallace was Carol Kester in the tv series.
- Edna teaching her class.
- Edna unchaining Ralph from the swing set.
- Bart setting up a fake date with her at The Gilded Truffle. ("Bart the Lover")
- Edna and Ned holding each other in bed, then joined by her cat. ("The Falcon and the D'ohman")
- Edna changing a wheel, helped by Ned.
- Bart writing on the chalkboard "We'll really miss you, Mrs. K.". ("The Ned-liest Catch")
The song during the montage and the credits is "Diary" by Bread.
Trivia
- Due to the Daytona 500 race delay, the episode will air on February 21, 2021, however the episode was released on Amazon and iTunes on February 14, but was later removed.
