Editing Lisa's First Word/References

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== Cultural references ==
*[[Bart]] says that [[Fred Rogers|Mister Rogers]] says "get bent" all the time.
*[[Marge]] begins telling her story of Lisa's first word by saying: "This story begins in the unforgettable spring of 1983. Ms. Pac-man struck a blow for women's rights and a young Joe Piscopo taught us how to laugh", making references to the 1981 arcade video game ''[[Ms. Pac-Man]]'' and the American actor [[Joe Piscopo]].
*Marge and her neighbors chat about the {{W|Goodbye, Farewell and Amen|final episode}} of ''[[M*A*S*H]]'', which has just aired. One of them says she already misses [[Max Klinger|Klinger]].
*When [[Homer]] comes home from work, he is singing "[[Girls Just Want to Have Fun]]", a song by [[Cyndi Lauper]]. An instrumental version of the song plays in the scenes after.
*[[Bart]] sings the songs "[[I'm a Little Teapot]]" and "[[Itsy Bitsy Spider]]".
*''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' is referenced twice while Marge tells the story of how the [[Simpson family]] moved to [[742 Evergreen Terrace]]:
**While Marge and Homer were house-hunting, they passed on a house that was full of cats. Back in the present, Bart muses, "I could have trained them to be my unholy army of the night." Then, envisioning just that, he says, "Go, my pretties! Kill! Kill!" in a manner reminiscent of the {{W|Wicked Witch of the West}} sending out her flying monkeys. 
**After the Simpsons move into 742 Evergreen Terrace, [[Ned]] and [[Rod]] Flanders sing "[[We Welcome You to the Neighborhood]]" to Homer. The song is to the same tune as the "Lullaby League"/"Lollipop Guild" song, which the Munchkins sing for Dorothy.
*Homer talks about the time he got locked in a bank vault with {{W|Theodore J. Mooney|Mr. Mooney}}, only to realize that was an episode of ''{{W|The Lucy Show}}''.
*When Ned and Rod sing for Homer, Ned is wearing a T-shirt that reads "I ♥ Webster", a reference to the TV sitcom ''{{W2|Webster|TV series}}'', which aired from 1983 to 1989.
*The song that plays during the ''Itchy & Scratchy'' episode is "{{W2|Chariots of Fire|instrumental}}" by {{W|Vangelis}}.
*The [[Krusty Burger]] scratch & win cards (and [[Krusty]]'s resulting financial losses) were inspired by a {{W|List of McDonald's ad programs#Scratch-off games and sweepstakes promotions|promotional game}} [[McDonald's]] did for the [[1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics]] where an event would be revealed and prizes would be awarded dependent on whether Team USA scored a gold, silver, or bronze medal in that event. Prizes ranged from free McDonald's food to a $10,000 cash prize. Due to the {{W|1984 Summer Olympics boycott|boycott}} of the Games by the [[Soviet Union]] and its allies, Team USA won an unusually large number of medals, resulting in McDonald's losing millions of dollars in prize payouts for the promotion.
*The [[Clown bed]] says "if you should die before you wake", referencing the bedtime prayer "{{W|Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep}}".
*Bart's term of "Can't sleep, clown will eat me", was later used as a line in an [[Alice Cooper]] song "Can't Sleep, Clowns Will Eat Me". It has since become somewhat of a slang term to describe {{W|insomnia}}.
*After the Olympic Swimming event, an hour long episode of ''{{W|Mama's Family}}'' aired.
*[[Rod]] and Todd sing "[[I've Got the Joy Joy Joy Joy]]".
*''[[The Springfield Shopper]]'' issue from the day Lisa was born has the headline "[[Walter Mondale|Mondale]] to [[Gary Hart|Hart]]: {{W|Where's the beef}}?". "Where's the beef" was a catchphrase used by the restaurant chain {{W|Wendy's}}. Mondale used the phrase "Where's the beef?" at an election rally in 1984.
*Bart sings the song "{{ap|Alouette|Lisa's First Word}}".
*When the Simpsons see Korean gymnast [[Kim Hwan]] completing a perfect dismount with a broken leg, it is a reference to {{W|Shun Fujimoto}} who kept going despite severely injuring his right knee. One account said that after he ended, he "raised his arms in a perfect finish before collapsing in agony".
*When toddler Bart hears Lisa say her first word, he exclaims "Sufferin' succotash!", the catchphrase of {{W2|Sylvester|Looney Tunes}} from ''[[Looney Tunes]]''.
*Grampa winning his house in a crooked '50s game show where Grampa later ratted on everybody and got off scot-free is a reference to the real {{W|1950s quiz show scandals|Quiz Show scandal}}. The game show was named ''How Low We You Go'' on Grampa Simpson's [[1993 SkyBox Simpsons Trading Cards]].<ref>
*One of the network sportscasters is {{W|Howard Cosell}}. Another sportscaster was modeled on {{W|Jayne Kennedy}}. 

== Trivia ==
*Homer is watching the finales for {{W|Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly|Women's 100 metre Butterfly}} which American {{W|Mary T. Meagher}} won the gold medal. The finals were broadcasted at 7:40pm (PST) on August 2, 1984. 
*[[The Springfield Shopper]] [[:File:Shopper Mondale to Hart.png|headline]] on the day Lisa was born "{{W|Where's the beef?#1984 Democratic presidential primaries|Mondale to Hart: Where's the Beef?}}" which happened during a televised Democratic presidential candidates debate in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]] on March 11, 1984. 
*[[Bart]]'s first words were also revealed in this episode: "Ay Carumba!", which he said after catching his parents having sex.
*[[Mike Tyson]] is often spoofed on ''The Simpsons'' through [[Drederick Tatum]]. While Tatum won the gold medal in 1984 in the flashback, Tyson, who had won golds at the earlier Junior Olympics, failed to qualify for the Los Angeles Games and did not compete. American Olympian {{W|Tyrell Biggs}} won the gold at the {{W|Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Super heavyweight|super heavyweight}}, but not by knockout and not against a Swede, but on points and against Italian {{W|Francesco Damiani}}. Mike Tyson and Tyrell Biggs later fought each other in 1988 where Tyson won by knockout.
*When Bart is packing his toys up, he is saying something, but it's not audible.
*[[Maggie]] said her first word in this episode. Although because no one hears her say it, the family has presumed Maggie has spoken her ''first word'' a few times in other episodes, including "[[Good Night]]", ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', "[[Four Great Women and a Manicure]]", and "[[Coming to Homerica]]".

== Goofs ==
[[File:I've Got the Joy Joy Joy Joy.png|thumb|Todd with black hair]]
*Even though it is obvious Grandpa is a younger man in 1983, a picture of his elderly self hangs in the wall of his house. (In another episode, however, Grandpa says that Homer will end up like him, making it possible that the picture was of Grampa's own father and Grampa ended up looking like him.)
*In the 1990 episode "[[Krusty Gets Busted]]", Krusty says he is (and always has been) illiterate. In this episode, Krusty successfully reads and deciphers a communique about the Soviets boycotting the {{W|1984 Summer Olympics}}.
*[[Sideshow Bob]] is in this episode, but he has turquoise colored hair.
*In one scene, [[Todd Flanders]] has black hair.
*When [[Homer]] found out [[Marge]] was pregnant, he didn't rip his hair out. However, the fact that he did this was not revealed until "[[And Maggie Makes Three]]".
*On the title card of ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' episode, "[[100 Yard Gash]]", there is only an opening inverted comma. There is no closing inverted comma.
*In the empty Simpson House, Homer imagines a TV and a couch in the living room. There is no window in the living room.
*In a scene from the spring of 1983, Marge and her neighbors talk about the {{W|Goodbye, Farewell and Amen|final epsode}} of ''[[M*A*S*H]]''. Then Homer comes home from work singing "{{W|Girls Just Want to Have Fun}}" by [[Cyndi Lauper]]. However, the song wasn't released as a single until September 6, 1983, and ''{{W|She's So Unusual}}'', the album on which the song appeared, wasn't released until October 14, 1983, so Homer couldn't have been singing the song in the spring of 1983.
**Not necessarily a goof: In her narration, Marge says it's the spring of 1983, but "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" originally aired on February 28, 1983. However, Marge and the neighbors could have been talking about it a few weeks after it aired, or since the conversation took place in March and it was a sunny day, Marge (in her telling the tale) could have thought of it as spring.
*While the family are watching the Olympics on TV, an announcer says that an hour-long episode of ''{{W|Mama's Family}}'' is up next. The 1984 Olympics aired on ABC in the USA, while ''Mama's Family'' aired on NBC.
*Bart speaks something that is not audible when he picks up the toy.
*Bart asked Homer how long before they put Grampa Simpson into the old folks home, but Lisa (who was not yet born) told Bart to remember the fight Grampa put up when we put him in the home. ("[[Bart the General]]")

== Continuity ==
*The clown bed is a level gag in {{ap|Level 7|The Simpsons: Hit & Run}} of ''[[The Simpsons: Hit & Run]]''.

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