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The Blunder Years/References

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References/Trivia


Season 13 Episode References
273 "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love"
274
"The Blunder Years"
"She of Little Faith" 275


Cultural References

  • The episode title is a pun on the TV series The Wonder Years.
  • Bart writes on the chalkboard that he is "not Charlie Brown on acid."
  • Marge shows Lisa how absorbant the Burly paper towels are by wiping up some blue liquid on the counter, in a similar manner to countless paper towel commercials.
  • Burly paper towels is a parody of Brawny paper towels, right down to the lumberjack on the package.
  • Mama Celeste appears in Homer's fantasy, threatening him with a pizza cutter.
  • Marge uses a paper towel to dry her armpits when she thinks Burly is at the door.
  • Mesmerino calls Mr. Burns "Skeletor," refering to the main villain in the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoons.
  • Both Moe saying in a silly voice, "Mmm! That's good Yaqui," and Mesmerino reading his mail with his mind are tributes to to Johnny Carson bits on The Tonight Show.
  • Professor Frink turns from his usual nerdy self into a smooth make-out artist in an homage to the 1963 film, The Nutty Professor.
  • Mesmerino hypnotizes Homer into believing he is Emily Dickinson. However, as Homer runs circles around Mesmerino, he exclaims that he's Angie Dickinson.
  • As young Homer, Lenny, and Carl are walking along the railroad tracks they sing "Mr. Sandman." This scene is also reminiscent of a similar moment from the film Stand By Me. The plot of the episode is also loosely based on the movie.
  • A young Carl decribes the 'internet' to Lenny as being the "inner netting they invented to line swim trunks."
  • The quarry swimming hole is similar to the one where the Cutters hang out in Breaking Away.

Trivia

Goofs

  • At the end of the episode, Homer is placing Smithers Sr.'s skull in a memories box on the coffee table. Moe arrives, and when he sits down, the memories box is gone. After a close-up of Moe's face, the table is gone.


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