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Cultural references
- The title of the episode is a possible reference to the 1996 comedy film The Birdcage.
- A Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team member is seen in the title screen and Bart writes about them needing to win or they'd lose everything on the blackboard.
- The song This Guy's in Love with You by Herb Alpert plays after Smithers and Mr. Burns land from the parachute jump.
- The song Celebration by Kool & The Gang plays when Smithers is dating Julio.
- The school is doing a play of Casablanca, and will do Equus or Top Gun the next day.
- Homer uses Grinder to find a lover for Smithers, a reference to Grindr.
- Comic Book Guy is wearing as Hello Kitty costume.
- Milhouse lists co-stars couples that fell in love:
- Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
- Kermit and Miss Piggy
- Miss Brady and Greg.
- Tom Collins' name is a reference to the cocktail with the same name.[1]
Trivia
- The Simpsons logo appears over the clouds when Smithers and Mr. Burns were parachuting.
- A man that looks like Cool Homer from The Day the Earth Stood Cool appears at Moe's Tavern after Homer sees his face on Grinder.
Goofs
- The opera to be played the next day after Casablanca changes between scenes from Equus to Top Gun.
References
