Editing Mad About the Toy/References

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== Cultural references ==
*The name of the episode is a reference to the song "{{W|Mad About the Boy}}" by {{W|Noël Coward}}.
*Homer sings a parody of "[[Love and Marriage]]" by [[Frank Sinatra]], the theme song of ''[[Married... with Children]]''.
**Homer mentions [[Al Bundy]] and says that he's now on ''[[Modern Family]]'', referring to Bundy's actor [[Ed O'Neill]] playing Jay Pritchett on the show.
*Homer and [[Marge]] leave the kids in the care of [[Amazon Alexa]] and [[Google]] {{W|Google Home|Home}}.
**After [[Lisa]] attempts to confuse Alexa, Alexa says she is familiar with the {{W|Epimenides paradox}}.
*[[Grampa]] mentions {{W|Farouk of Egypt|King Farouk}}.
*''Sipper McTea and Milly'' is a parody of ''{{W|Fibber McGee and Molly}}''.
*Games the family considers playing include ''{{W|The Game of Life}}'', ''{{W|Hatchimals}}'', ''{{W|Pick-up sticks}}'' and ''[[Monopoly]]''.
*''{{W|Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima}}'' photograph was seen on [[V.A. Hospital]] wall.
*"G.I. Bilked" is a reference to the {{W|G.I. Bill}}.
*The sign outside the V. A. Hospital, "OUR DRAFT-DODGING PRESIDENT SALUTES YOU" is a reference to [[Donald Trump]].
*Grampa is invited to ''{{W|The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell}}''.
**[[Lawrence O'Donnell]] mentions [[MSNBC]], {{W|CNBC}} and [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]].
*The song that plays when the family arrive in [[New York City]] is "{{W|New York Groove}}" by {{W|Ace Frehley}}.
*[[Five Seasons New York]] hotel is a reference to the {{W|Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts|Four Seasons Hotel}} and the nearby in New York.
*The family visit the [[n&n's Store]], a parody of the {{W|M&M's World|M&M's store}} in [[Times Square]].
*The song that plays during the photoshoot is "{{W|Blue Rondo à la Turk}}" by [[Dave Brubeck]].
*After leaving the photoshoot, Grampa went to see a [[Rock Hudson]] film to remind him what a real man is like. Rock Hudson was discreetly gay.
*The song that plays when the family arrives in [[Texas]] is "Miles and Miles of Texas" by {{W|Asleep at the Wheel}}.
*The family visits the [[Prada Marfa]] art installation. They also see the {{W|Marfa lights}}.
*The song that Grampa sings in [[Marfa]], "[[There's a Handsome Man in Texas]]", is set to the tune of "{{W2|The Yellow Rose of Texas|song}}".
*[[Philip Hefflin]] mentions a paper from {{W|Cornell University}} purporting to show that no one is 100% straight or gay.
**The Cornell paper was actually published in the ''{{W|Journal of Personality and Social Psychology}}''.
*When Grampa is talking about the old days, he gets annoyed at ''{{W|Young Sheldon}}''.
*Grampa says that he is as straight as [[Gomer Pyle]] from ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' and ''[[Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.]]''.
**Gomer Pyle was played by {{W|Jim Nabors}}, who was gay.

== Trivia ==
*The [[Title screen gag]] is a repeat of the one from "[[Haw-Haw Land]]", only changing the two years that go and come.

== Continuity ==
*The family has a bag of toy soldiers from [[Toys Were Us]]. ("[[Daddicus Finch]]")
*The family visits the [[V.A. Hospital]] again. ("[[Havana Wild Weekend]]")
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