Day of the Jackanapes/References
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"Day of the Jackanapes"
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Cultural references
- The title parodies the title of the book The Day of the Jackal.
- The plot parodies the movie The Manchurian Candidate.
- The game show Me Wantee! is a parody of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
- The statue of Krusty (outside the Krusty Burger) that Bob has Bart destroy references the famous Big Boy statues outside of Big Boy Restaurants.
- Krusty getting harassed during a restaurant sketch and suddenly breaking character is reminiscent of the infamous moment on the 1980s sketch comedy show Fridays. Andy Kaufman harassed then-cast member Michael Richards over refusing to stay in character during a sketch about restaurant patrons ducking into the bathroom to smoke marijuana during a dinner date.
- When Krusty introduces Mr. Teeny's dance number, his line "Our Chimpendales dancers gonna give you the full monkey!" references Chippendales and the 1997 film The Full Monty.
- A picture of Krusty and Bob that was unveiled while Krusty was lamenting his cruel treatment of Bob closely resembles the cover of Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends.
- Krusty sings a song similar to Barry Manilow's "Mandy", marking the second time the song was parodied on the show (Homer had previously sung his own version in "The Last Temptation of Homer").
- Terminator: The scene where the two executives of Krusty's show reform into a silvery mass after being blown up references a similar ability the T-1000 from Terminator 2 possesses.
- Chief Wiggum references George W. Bush when witnessing Bart using a Bat to vandalize a Krusty statue on Sideshow Bob's orders. He say's "It's so great seeing a kid use a wooden bat. These days, it's all aluminum this, and George W. that."
- It should be noted that this is the first time the Simpsons made a Bush Joke since his inauguration into office.
Trivia
- Bart mentioned that he had defeated Sideshow Bob 6-0 in this episode. In reality, it should have been 5-0. "Brother from Another Series" wouldn't count, since Sideshow Bob wasn't the one who instigated a crime in the episode, and Bart wasn't even the one responsible for sending him back to Jail.
- Bob's brother, Cecil Terwilliger, was the villain, and the only reason Bob was arrested was due to Chief Wiggum's stupidity, despite Bob, Lisa, Cecil, and even Bart's statements that Bob was innocent.
- At Krusty's farewell show, Rainier Wolfcastle begs for an acting job and says he'll do a nude scene or play a nerd. In "The Bart Wants What It Wants", he is seen filming a scene in a movie named Undercover Nerd. Also, in The Great Louse Detective, when Homer sees Wolfcastle naked in the steam room, Wolfcastle mentions that he was in a film titled Nudist Camp Commandant.
Continuity
Goofs
- Krusty says he has been in showbiz for 61 years, although according to "Once Upon a Time in Springfield", he is only 52 years old.
- However, he could be lying to save face.
