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| − | ==Cultural references== | + | == Cultural references == |
| − | *The episode is a parody of the Alfred Hitchcock movie '' | + | *The episode title is a pun on the novel ''[[Heart of Darkness]]'' by {{W|Joseph Conrad}}. |
| − | * | + | *Part of the episode is a parody of the Alfred Hitchcock movie ''{{W|Rear Window}}'' starring [[Jimmy Stewart]]. A Jimmy Stewart look-alike also shown looking back at [[Bart]] through a telescope and later yells out for "Grace" and the other star of ''Rear Window'' is [[Grace Kelly]]. |
| − | *When Ned walks upstairs carrying the axe, he is singing "Mary Had a Little Lamb". | + | *When the statues in the [[Springfield Wax Museum]] melt, among them are the original cast of ''[[M*A*S*H]]''. |
| + | *When [[Ned]] walks upstairs carrying the axe, he is singing "Mary Had a Little Lamb". | ||
| + | *The first Klassic Krusty episode is dated February 6, 1961. [[Krusty]]'s guest was {{W|AFL-CIO}} chairman [[George Meany]]. | ||
| + | *On the Krusty show, both the host and guest are smoking. This happened on interview shows in the 1960's. | ||
| + | *The song [[Martin]] sings at the end of the episode is "{{W|Summer Wind}}" by [[Frank Sinatra]]. | ||
| − | ==Trivia== | + | == Trivia == |
| − | * | + | *[[Nelson]] says that the {{W2|epidermis|skin}} is your hair when actually, it's the outer layer of your skin. This could be put down to Nelson being uneducated about it. |
| − | ==DVD | + | == DVD information == |
*[[The Complete Sixth Season]] Disc 1 | *[[The Complete Sixth Season]] Disc 1 | ||
*Run time: 21:57 | *Run time: 21:57 | ||
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| − | * | + | *[[Hans Moleman]]'s cane switches hands, and his cane disappears. |
| + | *While in the tent, Bart is seen wearing shoes along with his underwear. Out of the tent, he isn't. | ||
| + | *The treehouse ladder disappears in one scene, and switches sides a couple of times. | ||
| + | *Bart's door is already wide open, yet when Lisa enters the room, we hear the sound of a door opening. | ||
| + | *Everybody can stand up in the pool, yet it's too tall for Lisa to get out when it's empty. | ||
| + | *As Bart watches Lisa walk by the rolltop desk in the Flanders home, it is already open. A few scenes later, we see Lisa opening it. | ||
| + | *The portable TV in Bart's room disappears. | ||
| + | *In the scene where Lisa runs into the attic as she dives behind the chest, she rattles a bird cage, later when Ned faints, you can see that the bird cage has disappeared. | ||
| + | *When Bart is watching Rod and Todd walk over to Ned Flanders, you can see their reflections on Bart's telescope. Their reflections do not match their actual positions. | ||
| + | *When Dr. Hibbert is seen in Bart's telescope, the people in the pictures don't have faces. | ||
| + | *When Bart looks at the universe, we see Earth even though that should be impossible, being on Earth. | ||
| + | *When Richard throws a beach ball at the camera, he has dark skin and black hair. | ||
| + | *When Marge and Homer swim naked in the pool, the dress hanging on the pool's edge has straps even though Marge's dress is normally strapless. | ||
| + | *As Bart adjusts the aim of his telescope, a white-colored section of the telescope turns black for a frame. | ||
| + | *In the widescreen version of the episode, as seen on [[Disney+]], [[Matt Groening]]'s name is misspelled as "Matt Gorening" in the Executive Producer credits. | ||
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| + | == Continuity == | ||
| + | *A mobile swimming pool (this one in a dump truck) also appears in the comic story ''[[Carpool Party]]''. | ||
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Cultural references[edit]
- The episode title is a pun on the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.
- Part of the episode is a parody of the Alfred Hitchcock movie Rear Window starring Jimmy Stewart. A Jimmy Stewart look-alike also shown looking back at Bart through a telescope and later yells out for "Grace" and the other star of Rear Window is Grace Kelly.
- When the statues in the Springfield Wax Museum melt, among them are the original cast of M*A*S*H.
- When Ned walks upstairs carrying the axe, he is singing "Mary Had a Little Lamb".
- The first Klassic Krusty episode is dated February 6, 1961. Krusty's guest was AFL-CIO chairman George Meany.
- On the Krusty show, both the host and guest are smoking. This happened on interview shows in the 1960's.
- The song Martin sings at the end of the episode is "Summer Wind" by Frank Sinatra.
Trivia[edit]
- Nelson says that the epidermis is your hair when actually, it's the outer layer of your skin. This could be put down to Nelson being uneducated about it.
DVD information[edit]
- The Complete Sixth Season Disc 1
- Run time: 21:57
- Scene selection
- Main title
- "Marge, can you set the oven to cold?"
- "Can we have a pool, dad?"
- "Great, I get to spend the summer with my brain"
- "Save Lisa, trash can or no trash can!"
- End credits
- Audio commentary featuring Matt Groening, David Mirkin, Jim Reardon, David X. Cohen, Greg Daniels, and David Silverman.
- Deleted scenes
Goofs[edit]
- Hans Moleman's cane switches hands, and his cane disappears.
- While in the tent, Bart is seen wearing shoes along with his underwear. Out of the tent, he isn't.
- The treehouse ladder disappears in one scene, and switches sides a couple of times.
- Bart's door is already wide open, yet when Lisa enters the room, we hear the sound of a door opening.
- Everybody can stand up in the pool, yet it's too tall for Lisa to get out when it's empty.
- As Bart watches Lisa walk by the rolltop desk in the Flanders home, it is already open. A few scenes later, we see Lisa opening it.
- The portable TV in Bart's room disappears.
- In the scene where Lisa runs into the attic as she dives behind the chest, she rattles a bird cage, later when Ned faints, you can see that the bird cage has disappeared.
- When Bart is watching Rod and Todd walk over to Ned Flanders, you can see their reflections on Bart's telescope. Their reflections do not match their actual positions.
- When Dr. Hibbert is seen in Bart's telescope, the people in the pictures don't have faces.
- When Bart looks at the universe, we see Earth even though that should be impossible, being on Earth.
- When Richard throws a beach ball at the camera, he has dark skin and black hair.
- When Marge and Homer swim naked in the pool, the dress hanging on the pool's edge has straps even though Marge's dress is normally strapless.
- As Bart adjusts the aim of his telescope, a white-colored section of the telescope turns black for a frame.
- In the widescreen version of the episode, as seen on Disney+, Matt Groening's name is misspelled as "Matt Gorening" in the Executive Producer credits.
Continuity[edit]
- A mobile swimming pool (this one in a dump truck) also appears in the comic story Carpool Party.
