A Trip to Simpsons Mountain/References

General

References/Trivia

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Credits

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Cultural refences

• The title is a reference to "A Trip to Spencer's Mountain", the basis for The Waltons and the plot is similar to the Waltons' first TV movie, The Homecoming: A Christmas Story.
• Bart is correct in that Abe's story incorporated multiple TV references, including the following:
  • The Waltons: Family introduction, family runs a sawmill, set in the Great Depression and ending with goodnights; Abe had a brother named Jason and was also called Abe-Boy (despite multiple references that he was already an adult in the Depression), a reference to John-Boy.
  • The Brady Bunch: Young Abe is called Greg once.
  • Green Acres: Not only is Abe's grandma Zza-Zza Simpson supposed to be Zsa-Zsa Gabor, in one instance she acts like her sister Eva's character Lisa Douglas.
  • Leave It to Beaver: Abe tells that the world went black and white for a while and his mom calls him Theodore.
  • The Partridge Family: Abe's mother drives the same bus on the show and calls him Keith then they sing the theme song
  • Beverly Hills 90210: Abe's siblings drive by once in a modern convertible.
• Abe's oldest brother Luke Simpson looks like Luke Perry.
• Abe's oldest (in appearance, but Abe said Rube Ella was the oldest daughter) sister Lisa Marie Simpson looks like Elvis Presley's daughter and within the story shares Lisa's full name.

Trivia

• Young Abe looks like Bart and is called that once.
• His sister Rube Ella Simpson looks like Lisa.
• His baby brother Leroy Simpson also looks like a fat Bart.
• Abraham Simpson, Sr. looks like Homer.
• Olidia Simpson (a reference to Olivia Daly Walton) looks like Marge.
• Zeke Simpson (a reference to Zeb Walton) looks like Abe himself.
• The Baldwin sisters resemble Patty and Selma.
• Ike Godfrey (a reference of Ike Godsey) resembles Apu.