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The Joy of Sect/References

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Cultural references

  • The title of the episode is a spoof of the book The Joy of Sex, by Alex Comfort.
  • When Marge attempts to leave the compound, she is chased by the Rover guard "balloon" from the 1967 television program The Prisoner.
  • Neal Hefti and Nelson Riddle's theme music to the 1960s Batman series is used in the episode to indoctrinate Homer,[1]
  • The song "I Love You, You Love Me" from Barney and Friends is used to brainwash babies. The purple dinosaur singing it also resembles Barney.
  • When Mr. Burns introduces his new religion, most of the sequence is a parody of the video for Michael Jackson's "HIStory".[2]

References

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named BBC
  2. ↑ Mirkin, David. (2006). The Simpsons season 9 DVD commentary for the episode "The Joy of Sect" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.

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