The 7 Beer Itch/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 32 Episode References
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Cultural references

• The title is a play on Billy Wilder's 1955 comedy The Seven Year Itch.
  • The title is also a reference to the season 16 episode "The Seven-Beer Snitch".
• The Brexiting Swan is a reference to Brexit.
• Wankers Shortbread is a reference to Walkers Shortbread.

When Willie throws his guitar into the fire, it plays "God Save the Queen".

• The Globe Theatre is playing Macbeth.
• Willie mentions The Beatles.
• Lily visits Leonardo DiCaprio at his house, and mentions the CGI bear from the 2015 movie The Revenant, where Leonardo fought one.
• "Halleluja" plays at Moe's Tavern.
• William Davene's Divine De-Viener shop is a reference to William Devane.
• James, Tailor is a reference to American singer James Taylor.
• Abercrombie & Fish is a reference to Abercrombie & Fitch.
• Arrrby's is a reference to Arby's.
• The tour guide mentions Steven Spielberg shooting Jaws.
• A sign mentions Alan Dershowitz.
• Carl mentions a scene from The Sound of Music.
• Lily sings "Lili Marleen", a German love song.
• "Gymnopédie n. 1" by Erik Satie starts playing at various intervals from the scene where Mr. Burns and Smithers starts watching in the telescope.
• The Livingston Taylor albums are all real albums.
• Lily tells Mr. Burns that he makes her feel like she's on a date with a James Bond villain.
• Mr. Burns mentions being Gypsy Rose Lee.

Trivia

• In a recurring joke, the dart that Lily throws to decide where to go in USA doesn't land on a state, but is blown by the wind on a Springfield flyer.
• The agreement form Marge holds up has ZABF15, the episode's production code, written on it.
• A picture of The Tracey Ullman Show version of the family is on Homer's phone.
• Homer breaks the fourth wall by raising and lowering the size of his window in the call's split screen.

Continuity

• At the end of the episode, Guy Incognito appears. ("Fear of Flying")
• An electrical appliance called William Devane's Divine De-Veiner previously appeared. ("A Test Before Trying")
• Abercrombie & Fish previously appeared in "The Squirt and the Whale", but was in Springfield.
• Keith and the Mid-Atlantic woman are both seen by the waterfront. ("Changing of the Guardian")
• The Gone Fission appears. ("The Old Man and the "C" Student")

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