Brush with Greatness/References
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Cultural references
- The episode's chalkboard gag refers to the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution which focuses on criminal procedures.
- The queue line at H₂WHOA! resemblances the lithograph Ascending and Descending by Dutch graphic artist M. C. Escher.
- The way Krusty removes the clown make-up from his face resembles the way The Joker removes his make-up in the 1989 film Batman.
- Homer says he is going on a diet and then cites "As God is my witness, I'll always be hungry again!". This is a parody of a phrase said by Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) in the film Gone with the Wind. The original phrase being "As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again!".
- The workout video Gee, Your Pecs Look Terrific is a reference to Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific, a shampoo brand that was popular in the USA in the 1970s and 1980s.
- In one of the paintings, Ringo Starr is wearing his iconic uniform from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
- One of Marge's art classmates depicts the sad clown paradox in his painting.
- The bunny rabbit Professor Lombardo draws on the chalkboard resemblances Binky from Life in Hell, Matt Groening's comic strip.
- Much of the music and scenes of Homer's workouts are similar to the famous training montage in Rocky.
- Professor Lombardo names Marge's painting Bald Adonis, referencing the Greek mythological figure Adonis.
- Homer's stance in the painting resemblances that of the jester in Stańczyk by Jan Matejko.
- At the Springfield Art Exhibit, a painting referencing Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans is seen.
- One of Bald Adonis' competitor is a painting of dogs surrounding a ping-pong table. This painting parodies Dogs Playing Poker by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge.
- Homer mentions The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci.
- When Homer walks to the scale to weigh himself, the theme music from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly plays.
- Mr. Burns remembers The Beatles participation on The Ed Sullivan Show.
- Smithers is reading Ziggy to Mr. Burns. Ziggy is an American cartoon series about an eponymous character who suffers an endless stream of misfortunes and sad but sympathetic daily events.
- Mr. Burns mentions Valium, a drug to treat anxiety.
- The song "It Don't Come Easy" by Ringo Starr plays when Marge is painting Mr. Burns' portraits.
- The band plays "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" when Mr. Burns enters the Springfield Palace of Fine Arts.
Trivia
- People seen in the long line at Mt. Splashmore include:
Goofs
- Homer weighs 239lbs in this episode; he was the same weight in "Homer's Night Out" and "King-Size Homer". By the end of the episode he is down to 225 pounds.
- When Carl Carlson speaks in the episode, it is Lenny's voice actor.
- Before Bart and Lisa enter the water slide, Lisa is briefly missing her eyes.
- When Krusty was being pressed by News Reporters about the incident at Mt. Splashmore with the H2WHOA!! and his attempts at driving them away, he apparently wipes away the "white makeup" on his head, despite the fact that it was implied in "Homer's Triple Bypass" that Krusty's bypass surgery that gave him a pacemaker permanently bleached his skin white.
