Haw-Haw Land/References
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Cultural references[edit]
- The episode's title is a wordplay on the 2016 American musical La La Land. Some elements from the film are parodied during the episode:
- Booths at the STEM Conference:
- Lisa compares the STEM Conference with the famous music festival of Woodstock.
- Brendan mentions having read a review by Gary Chalmers about Springfield Elementary School on Yelp, the online advertising company.
- Lisa paraphrases "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine", a famous line from Casablanca.
- Lisa mentions the K-6, the grades which are traditionally grouped together in American elementary schools.
- Homer says the hotel bar is beautiful, just like the one in The Shining.
- Homer compares himself to Picasso.
- Homer asks Bart if he's making drugs by asking him if he's "breaking bad", in a reference to the TV series Breaking Bad.
- Cletus' company name, "Meth Life", is a pun on the insurance company MetLife.
- Nelson sings a parody of "My Funny Valentine" to Lisa.
- Groundskeeper Willie explains to Lisa that once two queens were fighting over Scotland. He is referring to a dramatic period in Scottish history during the 16th century involving Elizabeth I of England, and Mary, Queen of Scots, with the latter being found guilty of plotting to assassinate Elizabeth in 1586 and beheaded the following year.
- Willie mentions the thistle, Scotland national flower.
- Bart and Milhouse wrote the chemical equation for the combustion of propane in the back of the Talent Show paper.
- Martin is reading Mama's Boy's Life, a parody of Boys' Life magazine. Its cover depicts Prince Charles sitting on the lap of his mother, Elizabeth II.
- Nelson says "don't be a dingus, I'm the next Charlie Mingus".
- Dewey Largo introduces Bart as "Dennis the Chemist", a pun on Dennis the Menace.
- Chief Wiggum calls Bart "Screwy Pasteur", a reference to chemist Louis Pasteur.
- Marge says the episode was going to be a parody of Moonlight instead of La La Land. This is a reference to the mixup at the 89th Academy Awards where La La Land was originally announced as the winner of the Best Picture award even though Moonlight had actually won.
- Homer mentions that he wants to watch X-Men: Apocalypse.
Continuity[edit]
Gary incorrectly colored.
- Gary is seen incorrectly colored at the STEM Conference.
