Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play/References
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"Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play"
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Cultural references[edit]
- The episode title is a pun on the baseball expression "Turn a double play".
- Hunch is a parody of the TV series Monk.
- In fact, the name of the actor on Hunch is Tony Huncharella, which is a reference to Tony Shalhoub, the lead actor of Monk.
- The writer of the episode is J. D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye.
- Among the people shown in the cast of Hunch are Gwyneth Paltrow, Sir Anthony Hopkins, the late George C. Scott, and Heidi Klum.
- At the end credits for Hunch, filming locations given are "New York City" and "Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada", a small city between Calgary and the USA/Canadian border of approximately 80,000 inhabitants.
- Tabitha Vixx sings "The Star-Spangled Banner", the national anthem of the USA, before going into singing "Trouble-istic". "Trouble-istic" was loosely based on "Toxic" by Britney Spears.
- Howard K. Duff VIII says that it is "Amerisnack.com ttroll doll night".
- "Then He Kissed Me" by The Crystals plays during the Kiss Cam.
- Homer says that he and Marge have "gone through more hardships than the Jews and Charlie Brown put together.", referencing Peanuts.
- Tabitha Vixx and Buck Mitchell both were to attend the ESPY Awards.
- The file photo of Homer and Marge is a reference to the Pietà.
- On Jock Squawk, the radio host explains why Lou Gehrig deserved to die.
- When Buck Mitchell calls the Duff Blimp crashing the "worst blimp crash ever", Grampa responds with "too soon!", a reference to the Hindenburg disaster.
- As Homer and Marge ride off in the baseball car, an instrumental version of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" by Edward Meeker plays.
- On Lisa's 2nd Grade Spelling Champion certificate, Edna Krabappel's name is incorrectly spelled as "Edna Krabbappel".
