Sunday, Cruddy Sunday/References
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"Sunday, Cruddy Sunday"
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Cultural references[edit]
- The episode's title is a reference to the song "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2
- The character design for Postmaster Bill, the tour guide for the field trip at the post office, was based on folk singer Burl Ives.
- The portraits on poster for the Legends of Comedy stamps
- The coach in Homer's fantasy about going to the Super Bowl bears a striking similarity to long-time Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry.
- The use of Vincent Price in the phone message is a reference to a fake radio commercial for Coke that used sound bites of Vincent Price from his films.
- Rudy is parodying the 1993 sports movie Rudy.
- Caricature-drawing Troy Aikman's line ("You like dune buggies? Everybody likes dune buggies!") is a reference to a similar line from a caricature artist drawing almost identical pictures in Season 4's "Lisa the Beauty Queen" ("You like roller skating? Everybody likes roller skating!")
- During the Gracie Logo films Rupert Murdoch shouts "Silence!".
- Among the characters Homer takes to the Super Bowl are Lenny, Carl, Bart, Barney, Wally, Rev. Lovejoy, Ned Flanders, Dr. Hibbert, Dr. Nick Riviera, Charlie, Comic Book Guy, Moe, Hans Moleman, Squeaky-voiced teen, Blue-haired lawyer, Krusty the Clown, Sideshow Mel, Chief Wiggum, Bumblebee Man, Captain McCallister and Kirk Van Houten.
- The name of "Wally Kogen" was a composite of 2 early Simpsons' writers: Jay Kogen & Wallace (Wally) Wolodarsky.
- Ned Flanders is seen to have a lot of hidden body fat in this episode, but most episodes to have him shirtless depict him as very muscular.
- When everyone is drunk on the bus, the Blue-Haired Lawyer's glasses have black rims in this episode instead of the usual green ones.
- When Marge suggests the Color-By-Numbers kit to Lisa, she is instead holding the Li'l Leonardo Art Set. After the camera changes, she is actually holding the correct Color-By-Numbers kit, but another Color-By-Numbers kit is also seen behind her.
- When Marge and Lisa look through art kits, in one shot when Marge is behind the Leather Craft set her arm is drawn in front of it, revealing it not all the way drawn.
