Sashes to Sashes/References
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Cultural references[edit]
- On the parade float, people resembling Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, a Leprechaun, and poet Oscar Wilde are seen.
- Feast of the Seven Slobs is a parody of the Feast of the Seven Fishes.
- During the news report about Joe Quimby, Sr. taking over the Quimby Barrelworks, the New York Stock Exchange and Grauman's Chinese Theatre are seen.
- Quimby Sr.'s musical Over the Falls is a reference to how several people have attempted to go over Niagara Falls in barrels.
- The scene of Lisa researching the Quimby family is a reference to the film All the President's Men.
- Bart has a figure of Frankenstein's Monster and a Rubik's Cube in his room.
- Bart plays the video game Donkey Kong. In the past, Quimby played the tabletop portable arcade version of Donkey Kong Jr.. Later, Joe Quimby III plays a VR version of the game, and his speech references what happens in the game.
- Quimby III's attack ad parodies Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 Daisy commercial, with Ralph in place of the girl counting and plucking petals.
- The Quimbys driving off bridges may be a reference to Ted Kennedy's 1968 Chappaquiddick incident.
- When running for election in 1982, Joe Quimby tells people that the rich deserve LeRoy Neiman paintings. LeRoy Neiman later attends the wedding of Joe Quimby and Beatrice Bouvier, where he paints the wedding.
- Joe Quimby quotes E.T. in his election campaign, saying "As E.T. the extraterrestrial said: 'We phoned home.'" He then says that the voters told them that they have the "eye of the tiger," referencing the song "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor.
- Joe Quimby plays Donkey Kong Jr., a spin-off of Donkey Kong.
- At the start of the wedding of Joe Quimby and Beatrice Bouvier, the "Bridal Chorus" by Richard Wagner plays. After they are pronounced man and wife, "Wedding March" by Felix Mendelssohn plays.
- During Bart's campaign, the kids perform "Hail to the Chief" by James Sanderson.
- The "Bart For President" flyer features Bart performing a double-handed V sign, one of Richard Nixon's signature gestures.
- In his counter-attack ad, Bart says "It's 3 a.m. Whose finger do you pull?". This is a reference to the "3 a.m. White House Ringing Phone" ad featured by Hillary Clinton during the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries. Clinton's ad, considered by many an attack ad, suggested that at an urgent moment, people need a trustworthy, competent leader to answer the call.
- Joe Quimby III's full name, Joseph Fitzgerald Shriver Onassis Schlossberg Quimby III, is a play on words that combines the names and surnames of American politicians and businessmen related to the Kennedy family:
Continuity[edit]
- At the inauguration day speech, one student in the crowd appears completely colored blue.
