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Saturdays of Thunder/References

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References/Trivia


Season 3 Episode References
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Cultural references

Trivia

  • The scene in which Bart welds with his mask up caused a battle between the show creators and the network censors. The censors were concerned that children would imitate Bart by misusing welding tools. The show creators were able to convince them that very few kids would use welding tools anyway.
  • Tapes at the video shack include: "Du Du Du", "Border Siesta", "The Bad Football", "Speed Boat Bloopers", "Frisbee", "Super Jock 3", "Death By Knockout", "Bench Clearing Brawls", "Blood On The Ice", and "Football's Greatest Injuries".
  • The head of the National Fatherhood Institute drinks from a Super Dad mug.
  • Homer says his credit expiration date is "June 1989.. uh, 2012". 1989 is the year the first Simpsons episode aired.
  • Homer double parks at the VHS Village.
  • This is the first episode to feature the full version of the current theme music. (Although the full version of the opening for this episode was used outside of the USA, it was also released on all releases of the third season DVD.)
  • The sign at the video store reads: VHS Village, Formerly the Beta Barn.
  • Marge and her sisters read Idle Chatter and Peephole magazines at the beauty salon.
  • Harry Shearer based the voice of Dave, the director of the Fatherhood Institute, on actor Mason Adams.
  • This episode premiered November 14, 1991 and got high ratings due in part to the fact that it was immediately follow by the premiere of Michael Jackson's infamous "Black or White" music video, the one that ends with Jackson smashing the car windows.
  • Deathrace 2000 was another inspiration for the episode.
  • The spice rack from "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge" is shown again.
  • Bart's "Li'l Lightnin'" re-appears in Lego Dimensions, although for some reason is called the "Gravity Sprinter".
  • Edgar Allan Poe was buried on October 8. 1849 the day after his death in Westminster Hall and Burying Ground in Baltimore, Maryland near his grandfather David Poe Sr.'s grave. The grave was unmarked until the sexton, George W. Spence, placed a sandstone inscribed No. 80, but his remains were reburied towards the front of the cemetery under a large memorial.

Goofs

  • When Homer asks Flanders when a boy should start dating and immediately drives away, it shows him handling the steering wheel from the backseat of his car.
Season 3 References
Stark Raving Dad Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington When Flanders Failed Bart the Murderer Homer Defined Like Father, Like Clown Treehouse of Horror II Lisa's Pony Saturdays of Thunder Flaming Moe's Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk I Married Marge Radio Bart Lisa the Greek Homer Alone Bart the Lover Homer at the Bat Separate Vocations Dog of Death Colonel Homer Black Widower The Otto Show Bart's Friend Falls in Love Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?