King Leer/References
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Cultural references
- The title of the episode is a reference to William Shakespeare's King Lear.
- Portraits of Ludwig van Beethoven and George Frideric Handel can be seen on the wall in the music classroom.
- The music that plays when Homer is trying to stop Bart from breaking the violin is the Symphony #5 in C minor by Ludwig van Beethoven.
- When Marge arrives with her car with no mints, Homer complains saying that he should have order an Uber.
- Jerk Circle is a reference to the Circle Jerks band.
- According to Moe, his only connection with his dad was via LinkedIn, the social media platform for business.
- Homer's favorite movie is Fast & Furious 6. Marge reminds him that the film is about family, when Homer thinks it's just about cars.
- The store 'Zertz is a parody of Hertz.
- Morty Szyslak offers Marge to bring a bottle of Demerol or OxyContin to her place.
- Morty recites part of "A Visit from St. Nicholas" in the Christmas Mattress King commercial. He and his children then sing "Silent Night".
- Moe mentions having being carried out of a Lady Foot Locker store once.
- In the new Mattress King commercial "Yankee Doodle" plays while Moe is dressed as George Washington, Marv as Theodore Roosevelt and Minnie as Abraham Lincoln.
- Presidents' Day is traditionally associated with mattress sales in America.
- Moe says he'll "go to the mattresses" with his siblings, a reference to the mob saying that become popular thanks to the movie The Godfather and the TV series The Sopranos.
- The music that plays when Moe and his siblings are sabotaging each other and Homer throws paint on Patty and Selma is the "Dies Irae" from Verdi's Requiem.
- During the episode's credits, Moe recreates the Mattress Man Commercial deleted scene from the film Punch-Drunk Love. In this commercial, actor Philip Seymour Hoffman accidentally falls from a pile of mattresses placed on top of a limousine.
Trivia
- Maggie does not appear in this episode at all.
Goofs
- When Moe yells at Homer, Lenny Leonard, Carl Carlson, and Barney Gumble to get out of his bar, and smashes their beer glasses, the beginning of the toy train track on the counter suddenly vanishes.
