The Lastest Gun in the West/References
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- Buck McCoy looks a lot like Ronald Reagan, who before being president of the US was an actor in many Westerns.
- In one scene, the audio has Lisa saying "Dad, I'm on the line". But the closed captions say Operator: "First, pay your phone bill".
- When Grandpa shows Bart his Junior Buckaroo badge, It's entitled "Little Grandpa Simpson." Obviously this is a joke rather than a scripting error or a childhood nickname.
- It could be that Grampa joined the Junior Buckaroos as an old man since he is most likely older than Buck.
- The clips in the Krusty the Clown Show intro include:
- When Buck McCoy enters into the Simpsons house, Grandpa throws himself into his arms and incredibly says: "Don't listen to them, Buck! It's an ambush! They're trying to jump your claim! Take him outside. I love you,Buck ", can be a reference to the sentimental scenes often present in the Cowboy films of the 50s when the hero of the moment leaves his beloved woman to go to fight the bandits.
Cultural references[edit]
- The weapons that Snake and his gang use in the bank robbery are the M41A pulse rifles from Alien.
- At the end of the episode when Buck is going into his house, the theme music from the film The Magnificent Seven is played.
- One of Buck McCoy's various shows was "McTrigger", in which all he does is shoot hippies, is a reference to Dennis Weaver's former series, McCloud.
- McCoy says "McTrigger" was retooled into Room 222.
- Homer creates a picture of himself in a bathing suit that mimics the famous Farrah Fawcett pinup poster from the 70's.
- When Buck introduces himself to Bart, the flute intro from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (composed by Ennio Morricone) plays.
- The western craze generated by Buck McCoy in Springfield mimics the western craze the movie Urban Cowboy generated when released in 1980.
- and overlaps with the Hawaian shirt fashion always in vogue in those years, which creates a conflict of choice for Martin.
- the Rover dog chasing Bart is a pit bull terrier, one of the most ferocious dog breeds, as confirmed by the "most vicious" prize he receives through the dog show.
- the book "the second best American short stories" that Bart puts in Rover's mouth is a reference to the annual collection The Best American Short Stories.
- Frank the Wonder Horse is a reference to Francis the Talking Mule who starred in famous films in the 1950s.
- Buck McCoy says he starred in the films "Wyatt Earp Meets the Mummy" (fictional title but the Wyatt Earp and mummy films were very fashionable in the 1950s) and "Six Brides for Seven Brothers" (reference to the film "Seven Brides for seven brothers" of 1954).
- At the playground, Ralph plays the piano as Schroeder from Peanuts.
- Nelson says he imitates Kevin Kostner "in one of his western roles", in fact up until the episode's release date he had made 4 very famous westerns "Silverado, Revenge, Dances with Wolves, Wyatt Earp.
- The scene of the monkey tied to the tracks and the villain is a quote from the silent comedy short Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life (1913).
- During the first time the dog chased Bart to the Simpsons' house, he bit Bart's clothes through a mail opening on the door, but after that scene, the mail opening is gone.
- At one frame in the kitchen where it shows the white dog at the window blowing out fog, the walls are pink-tan instead of light purple.
