Night of the Living Wage/References
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Cultural references[edit]
- The episode title is a reference to the film Night of the Living Dead.
- Tweeters Sinai Bird Hospital is a reference to Cedars-Sinai Hospital, a major hospital in Los Angeles, California.
- Gwyneth Poultry is a reference to Gwyneth Paltrow.
- Krusty Fried Chicken is a parody of Kentucky Fried Chicken.
- Cafeteria Nightmares is a parody of Kitchen Nightmares, hosted by Gordon Ramsay.
- Freetos are a parody of Fritos.
- "Atlas Grubbed" is a parody of Atlas Shrugged.
- "Clucklear implant" is a parody of Cochlear implant.
- "Bawk therapy" is a parody of talk therapy.
- When Marge says Cheeses, the old Jewish man mentions Cheesus (for Jesus), Allah, Buddha, and Hashem.
- The kitchen scene is a parody of the episode "Review" of the TV series The Bear.
- Mayo Edebiri is a reference to actress Ayo Edebiri, who also appears on the bucket.
- Dewey Largo compares the pace to that of "Wing Hut" on Super Bowl Sunday, alluding to the massive quantities of chicken and Buffalo wings sold for that event.
- Kirk asks if management is giving them Apple Watches.
- Demented Dollars with Fiscal Cliff is a parody of Mad Money.
- Finn Bon Idée says that he's doing ayahuasca with Jeff Bezos in outer space.
- When Marge says that unions are the reason why they have the weekend, Julio thinks that she's referring to the singer The Weeknd.
- The old Jewish man asks "where's Betty Boop?" in the anti-union video they watch.
- The anti-union video parodies the Butch Hartman's animation style.
- During the meeting where the GimmeChow workers decide to unionize Mrs. Muntz stands on a table holding a sign above her head for ONION which is referencing the movie Norma Rae which is also about union organizing (in the movie Sally Field stars in the title role hold a sign for UNION).
- The Springfield Shopper headline "Hell No, No More 'To Go'" is a parody of the 60's era anti-draft slogan "Hell no! We won't go!"
- Homer's statement "You have awoken a lazy giant" is a parody of Isoroku Yamamoto's sleeping giant quote.
- Marge racing around town delivering food is inspired by the 2017 Edgar Wright movie Baby Driver.
- The song that plays during the scene is "Wild Bore" by Mika Miko.
- A purple Hulk bookend is seen in The Android's Dungeon.
- Homer and Marge's kiss at the end of the episode is a parody of the kiss scene from The Notebook.
- This episode is rated TV-14 with a viewer discretion warning, for dialogue, language, and violence, but it's rated TV-PG on Hulu.
- Gil Gunderson and Springfield's names are misspelled Jill Junderson and Spring-feld in the GimmeChow introductory video. Springfield's image was not found.
- Marge says the f-word, but it gets beeped.
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