Half-Decent Proposal/References
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279 "Half-Decent Proposal"
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Music
Cultural references
- Indecent Proposal - The film is punned in the title and referenced throughout the episode.
- The point where Artie is flying Marge away in his helicopter, and Marge sees that Homer has written "KEEP YOUR CLOTHES ON" in rocks, is a callback to the series finale of M*A*S*H ("Goodbye, Farewell and Amen"), in which Capt. Hawkeye Pierce, as his helicopter takes off to fly him homeward, sees that Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt has written out the word "GOODBYE" in rocks.
- Moe says to Artie "I'm a spy, in the house of Moe." This is a reference to the lyric "I'm a spy, in the House of Love" from the song "The Spy" by The Doors.
- The TV series "Nooky in New York" which Marge's sisters watch is a reference to the TV series "Sex and the City".
- Among the paintings of Marge in the room by Artie Ziff we can identify one in the Andy Warhol style, one in the Botticelli style and one in the Roy Lichtenstein style.
- The Baron Von Kiss-A-Lot Castle recalls the Schloss Neuschwanstein in Bavaria.
- The videotape that Homer leaves to Marge is a reference to the movie "Sex, Lies and Videotape".
- The way Homer explains in the videotape what he saw using Funzo and the dinosaur puppets is the technique used by psychologists to make children relive the traumatic scenes they experienced.
- Comic Book Guy's room is full of Star Wars movies memorabilia, featuring two autographed photos of Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) one as a young man, one as an older one.
Continuity
Goofs
- When leaving the prom, Marge pulls open a fire-escape door, when the push bar is clearly on the inside.