Diatribe of a Mad Housewife/References - Revision history

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */ replaced: {{W|To Kill a Mockingbird}} → {{ap|To Kill a Mockingbird|book}}

2024-08-19T12:58:51Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{W|To Kill a Mockingbird}} → {{ap|To Kill a Mockingbird|book}}

Simpsons88 at 17:11, May 26, 2024

2024-05-26T17:11:02Z

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{W|Boris Karloff}} → Boris Karloff

2022-06-09T11:53:58Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{W|Boris Karloff}} → Boris Karloff

Bleedinggumsmurphy1: /* Goofs */

2022-03-03T14:34:34Z

‎Goofs

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +Publish or perish, The Hunt for Red October

2021-10-03T11:35:45Z

‎Cultural references: +Publish or perish, The Hunt for Red October

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{W|Cars (song)|Cars}} → {{W2|Cars|song}}

2020-12-11T13:39:30Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{W|Cars (song)|Cars}} → {{W2|Cars|song}}

Solar Dragon: Undo revision 628740 by 76.101.152.190 (talk) It doesn't mean like that. Burns meant that he'd work there forever, or get no other job. Not forcing him to work there forever.

2014-08-06T20:30:44Z

Undo revision 628740 by 76.101.152.190 (talk) It doesn't mean like that. Burns meant that he'd work there forever, or get no other job. Not forcing him to work there forever.

76.101.152.190: /* Goofs */

2014-08-06T18:13:33Z

‎Goofs

Bleedinggumsmurphy1: /* Trivia */

2014-02-22T22:34:57Z

‎Trivia

Cook879 at 16:45, September 5, 2012

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 **Clancy is best known for his technically detailed espionage and military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. He is portrayed in the episode wearing a {{W|USS Iowa (BB-61)|USS ''Iowa'' (BB-61)}} cap and sitting at a desk with a model of a {{W|Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird}} and a picture of a {{W|Submarines in the United States Navy#Cold War (1945–1991)|US submarine}}.
 *[[Lisa]] is worried that a hypothetical film based on ''[[The Harpooned Heart]]'' is going to be parodied on ''{{W|Mad TV}}''.
-*Homer once read ''{{W|To Kill a Mockingbird}}'' by {{W|Harper Lee}}.
+*Homer once read ''{{ap|To Kill a Mockingbird|book}}'' by {{W|Harper Lee}}.
 *Homer owns a book on tape version of ''The Harpooned Heart'' as read by American fashion designers and former actresses {{W|Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen}}.
 *Marge and Homer work on a project to find out who killed [[John F. Kennedy]]. Homer mentions that [[Lee Harvey Oswald]], the murderer of JFK, "tried to steal the Jack Ruby". Homer is mistaking American nightclub owner [[Jack Ruby]] to the {{W|Ruby|expensive gemstone}}.

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 == Cultural references ==
 *The title word plays off of the book and film ''{{W|Diary of a Mad Housewife}}''.
-*Homer sings a song to the tune of "{{W2|Cars|song}}" by {{W|Gary Numan}}.
+*A poster of Irish novelist and poet [[James Joyce]] can be seen on the wall in [[Bookaccino's]].
-*Homer briefly works at the "Boris Car Loft", a reference to [[Boris Karloff]].
+*[[Esme Delacroix]] attended [[Yale University]].
-*The ambulance Homer buys is based on a 1959 Eureka Cadillac ambulance formerly operated by the {{W|Bogota, New Jersey}} Volunteer First Aid Squad, which has since been restored and is now in the Netherlands.
+*[[Homer]] briefly works at the [[Boris' Car Loft]], a reference to [[Boris Karloff]].
-*Marge denotes the similarity of the picture behind the couch to the classic novel, ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' (the picture is, in fact, called "[[Scene from Moby Dick]]"). It inspired her novel, when she thought "No one's done a book about whaling before!" Moreover, her book is about whaling and its ending has Temperance's husband dying in a similar manner to that of Ahab, from the same novel.
+*Homer mistakes famous painter [[Picasso]] for a writer.
 *[[Homer]] quotes the aphorism "{{W|Publish or perish}}", used to describe a concept in academia.
-*[[Tom Clancy]] references his novel "{{W|The Hunt for Red October}}" in his endorsement.
+[[File:Tom Clancy.png|250px|thumb|Novelist [[Tom Clancy]] is best known for his technically detailed espionage and military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War]]
 == Trivia ==

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 *The title word plays off of the book and film ''{{W|Diary of a Mad Housewife}}''.
 *Homer sings a song to the tune of "{{W2|Cars|song}}" by {{W|Gary Numan}}.
-*Homer briefly works at the "Boris Car Loft", a reference to {{W|Boris Karloff}}.
+*Homer briefly works at the "Boris Car Loft", a reference to [[Boris Karloff]].
 *The ambulance Homer buys is based on a 1959 Eureka Cadillac ambulance formerly operated by the {{W|Bogota, New Jersey}} Volunteer First Aid Squad, which has since been restored and is now in the Netherlands.
 *Marge denotes the similarity of the picture behind the couch to the classic novel, ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' (the picture is, in fact, called "[[Scene from Moby Dick]]"). It inspired her novel, when she thought "No one's done a book about whaling before!" Moreover, her book is about whaling and its ending has Temperance's husband dying in a similar manner to that of Ahab, from the same novel.

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 *When Homer is reading the book, he says, "Temprance Barrow was heavy with feeling. She "snore"..." but when he is listening to it, it says Temprance Barrow was heavy with feeling. Her" The goof is that Homer says She, but the Olsen's say Her at the beginning.
 **As Homer read a first-draft, some lines may have been edited slightly in the final book.
 {{Season 15|R}}

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 *The ambulance Homer buys is based on a 1959 Eureka Cadillac ambulance formerly operated by the {{W|Bogota, New Jersey}} Volunteer First Aid Squad, which has since been restored and is now in the Netherlands.
 *Marge denotes the similarity of the picture behind the couch to the classic novel, ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' (the picture is, in fact, called "[[Scene from Moby Dick]]"). It inspired her novel, when she thought "No one's done a book about whaling before!" Moreover, her book is about whaling and its ending has Temperance's husband dying in a similar manner to that of Ahab, from the same novel.
 == Trivia ==

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 == Trivia ==
 *This is [[Marvin Monroe]]'s first appearance since [[season 5]]'s "[[Bart's Inner Child]]", partly because [[Harry Shearer]] found voicing Monroe quite annoying.
 == Goofs ==

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 *Homer briefly works at the "Boris Car Loft", a reference to {{W|Boris Karloff}}.
 *The ambulance Homer buys is based on a 1959 Eureka Cadillac ambulance formerly operated by the {{W|Bogota, New Jersey}} Volunteer First Aid Squad, which has since been restored and is now in the Netherlands.
-*Marge denotes the similarity of the picture behind the couch to the classic novel, ''{{W|Moby-Dick}}'' (the picture is, in fact, called "[[Scene from Moby Dick]]"). It inspired her novel, when she thought "No one's done a book about whaling before!" Moreover, her book is about whaling and its ending has Temperance's husband dying in a similar manner to that of Ahab, from the same novel.
+*Marge denotes the similarity of the picture behind the couch to the classic novel, ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' (the picture is, in fact, called "[[Scene from Moby Dick]]"). It inspired her novel, when she thought "No one's done a book about whaling before!" Moreover, her book is about whaling and its ending has Temperance's husband dying in a similar manner to that of Ahab, from the same novel.
 == Trivia ==
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