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== Cultural References == | == Cultural References == | ||
*The episode title is a pun on the children's counting game, "[[wikipedia:Eeny,_meeny,_miny,_moe|eeny, meeny, miny, moe]]." | *The episode title is a pun on the children's counting game, "[[wikipedia:Eeny,_meeny,_miny,_moe|eeny, meeny, miny, moe]]." | ||
| − | *[[Kearney]]'s son banging the three bottles together on his fingers is reference to the | + | *[[Kearney]]'s son banging the three bottles together on his fingers is reference to the 1979 film [[wikipedia:The Warriors (film)|''The Warriors'']], although the rhythm is different. |
| − | *A | + | *A variation on a theme from one of [[wikipedia:Philip Glass|Philip Glass]]'s scores is heard during the commercial about the nanny-monitoring device. |
| − | *Moe | + | *[[Moe]] jokes about people that live in trees, particularly [[wikipedia:Tarzan|Tarzan]] and the [[wikipedia:Berenstain Bears|Berenstain Bears]]. |
| − | *Upon learning that Maya finds him attractive, Moe joyfully utters the nonsense phrase "Oh, frabjulous day, calloo callay!" which is a reference to a similar line in the Lewis Carroll poem "Jabberwocky" | + | *Upon learning that [[Maya]] finds him attractive, Moe joyfully utters the nonsense phrase, "Oh, frabjulous day, calloo callay!" which is a reference to a similar line in the [[wikipedia:Lewis Carroll|Lewis Carroll]] poem "[[wikipedia:Jabberwocky|Jabberwocky]]." |
| − | *When Moe turns on the television in Maya's house, it is showing a scene from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory featuring | + | *When Moe turns on the television in Maya's house, it is showing a scene from [[wikipedia:Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'']] featuring [[wikipedia:Oompa-Loompa|Oompa-Loompas]]. |
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[[Category:Cultural references]] | [[Category:Cultural references]] | ||
Revision as of 02:50, August 8, 2010
Trivia
- Dr. Nick pretended to make a sex-change surgery to Moe, who wanted a size-change surgery. He made the size-change surgery to Mr. Largo, meaning he wanted to have a sex-change surgery.
Cultural References
- The episode title is a pun on the children's counting game, "eeny, meeny, miny, moe."
- Kearney's son banging the three bottles together on his fingers is reference to the 1979 film The Warriors, although the rhythm is different.
- A variation on a theme from one of Philip Glass's scores is heard during the commercial about the nanny-monitoring device.
- Moe jokes about people that live in trees, particularly Tarzan and the Berenstain Bears.
- Upon learning that Maya finds him attractive, Moe joyfully utters the nonsense phrase, "Oh, frabjulous day, calloo callay!" which is a reference to a similar line in the Lewis Carroll poem "Jabberwocky."
- When Moe turns on the television in Maya's house, it is showing a scene from wikipedia:Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' featuring Oompa-Loompas.
