Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

Trivia

• Quentin Tarantino declined to appear as himself.
• Julie Andrews was the planned choice for Shary Bobbins, but the staff went with Maggie Roswell instead after hearing her performance.

Cultural references

• This episode is a parody on Mary Poppins, particularly the 1964 musical film. It shares a similar storyline, parody musical numbers, and Shary's name itself is wordplay on Mary's.
• One of the nanny auditionees was a kindly old lady, Homer reacted to this by saying: "Wait Marge I saw Mrs. Doubtfire; this is a man in drag!"
• The title is a pun on the song Supercalifragilisticexpialidocius.

Goofs

• When Shary is singing to the children at night, she says that a drunk (Barney) is lying on his face, but when it shows the scene within the snowglobe, Barney is lying on his back. She was just thinking of a rhyme.
• When Chief Wiggum is shown during the "Cut Every Corner" number, Snake is robbing Hans Moleman in the background, but the former is shown with blue hair.