Editing Lisa's First Word/References

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== Cultural references ==
*[[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 epsode}} 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 "{{w|Girls Just Want to Have Fun}}", a song by {{w|Cyndi Lauper}}.
*The [[Krusty Burger]] scratch & win cards (and [[Krusty]]'s resulting financial losses) were inspired by a <span class="plainlinks">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_McDonald%27s_ad_programs#Scratch-off_games_and_sweepstakes_promotions promotional game]</span> {{w|McDonald's}} did for the {{w|1984 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 {{w|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.
*When the Simpsons see Korean gymnast [[Kim Huang]] completing a perfect dismount with a broken leg, it is a reference to [[Mary Lou Retton]]'s getting a perfect 10 for a vault in spite of having an injured knee.
*Bart's term of "Can't sleep, clown will eat me", was later used as a line in an {{w|Alice Cooper}} song. It has since become somewhat of a slang term to describe {{w|Insomnia|insomnia}}.
*When toddler Bart hears Lisa say her first word, he exclaims "Sufferin' succotash!", the catchphrase of {{w|Sylvester (Looney Tunes)|Sylvester the Cat}} from ''[[Looney Tunes]]''.

== Trivia ==
*[[Lisa]]'s birthday was revealed in this episode, but not directly. The date isn't mentioned, but Marge went into labor just after watching the woman's swimming events.
*[[Bart]]'s first words were also revealed in this episode: "Ay Carumba!", which he said after seeing his parents having sex.
*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 ==
*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 1984 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 ''[[Itchy & Scratchy]]'' 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]]. The last episode of ''M*A*S*H'' originally aired on February 28, 1983, which itself doesn't create a goof because either a) Marge and the neighbors could have been talking about it a few weeks after it aired or b) 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. The goof is that "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" 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 spring.
*In one scene, the newscaster says that coming up is an hour-long ''Mama's Family''. 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.

== 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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