Papa Don't Leech/References

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References/Trivia

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	Season 19 Episode References
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Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on Madonna's 1986 hit "Papa Don't Preach".
• Grampa plays a CD with songs by jazz composer Tommy Dorsey.
  • "Catch a Falling Star", although by Perry Como, is heard.
• Grampa says that in his times a Hershey bar was as thick as a phone book.

Homer suffocates Abe like Tony did to Christopher Moltisanti in the The Sopranos episode "Kennedy and Heidi"

• The scene where Homer suffocates Abe parodies The Sopranos episode "Kennedy and Heidi", in which Tony suffocates Christopher Moltisanti in a similar manner.
• Lisa sells Girl Scout Cookies to Mayor Quimby. The varieties Lisa sells, Slim Mints and Don't-Si-Don'ts, are parodies of the typical Girl Scout cookie varieties "Thin Mints" and "Do-si-dos", respectively.
• Moe asks Mayor Quimby if he means "really broke or O.J. Simpson broke". Former NFL player O.J. Simpson faced significant financial troubles after his football career and the highly publicized murder trial in the mid-1990s
• An official from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) evaluates the fake disaster that took place in Springfield.
• Lurleen is shown making a guest appearance on The Muppet Show. She sings "Bunk with Me Tonight" to Kermit, which gets him into trouble with Miss Piggy.
• When trying to capture Lurleen, Nelson creates a trap with a "free Grammy" award inside of it.
• Lurleen barbecue recipe includes Coca-Cola.
• Chief Wiggum calls Lurleen "Patsy Crime" in a reference to American country singer Patsy Cline.
• The officer at the Springfield County Court House wanted the court to be like that one on the reality show The People's Court.
• Bart has a Mr. Potato Head toy.
• Royce Lumpkin is eating corn flakes.
• Royce Lumpkin has a Confederate flag belt buckle.
• Royce calls Lurllen Tootsie Pop.
• During the song "Daddy's Back":
  • Lisa sings that she's reading Harry Potter.
  • Marge sings that her body wash is Estée Lauder.
• Food that Lurleen cut the word "pop" out of includes Pop-Tarts, Jiffy Pop Popcorn, Popeyes chicken, and Poppycock popcorn.
  • A picture of Popeye is on the Popeyes Chicken bag.
  • Lurleen also cut the figure of "Pop" from Snap, Crackle and Pop, the cartoon mascots of Kellogg's Rice Krispies.
• The song "America's Back" has the lyrics "We pledge allegiance to Fox News." and "We used to love Welcome Back, Kotter."
• According to Royce, "America's Back" was so patriotic it got turned into a Chevrolet commercial.

Continuity

• Many themes from "Colonel Homer" are shown:
  • Lurleen Lumpkin returns.
  • The events of "Colonel Homer" were mentioned by Bart.
  • Lurleen sings the song "Bunk with Me Tonight" again.
  • Homer takes on his "Colonel Homer" alter-ego again, this time being joined by "Major Marge."
  • Marge's anger for Lurleen for the affair she was having with Homer in "Colonel Homer".

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