The Old Man and the "C" Student/References

References/Trivia

Cultural references

The title is a reference to the book The Old Man and the Sea.
- Other episodes using this as a reference are "The Old Man and the Key" and "The Old Man and the Lisa".
The Native American shown breaking the window is a reference to a character from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
The sketch of Mr. Burns in the nude is a parody of the scene in Titanic where Jack sketches Rose in the nude.
When Bart turns the senior citizens loose, they re-enact the "Can't Buy Me Love" field sequence from The Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night.
- The end titles show an album cover that looks suspiciously like the A Hard Day's Night LP cover, with the title "A Bart Day's Night".

When the kids are complaining about community service, Lisa's voice is heard but her mouth never opens.
When Bart and the elderly board the Boat, Horatio McCallister says "Not a looker in the bunch." Later on when Mr Burns' yacht crashes into the boat, Lisa asks how could Horatio McCallister not see the yacht to which he proclaims "Two Glass eyes", this being the case, he wouldn't be able to of seen the elderly to begin with.
After the Indian man breaks the window, the Old Jewish Man comes to yell at him. Just a second later, he is back at his chair.