Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife/References - Revision history

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 *This episode was promoted heavily in the UK, even making the cover of the Radio Times. It holds the record for the highest rated Simpsons episode ever shown on Sky One, getting 2.301 million viewers, beating the previous record of 1.65 million set by "[[Skinner's Sense of Snow]]" in [[2001]].
 *Despite being written by a British person, the episode is filled with references that UK audiences will not automatically be familiar with, such as [[Ryan Seacrest]], Notre Dame football, etc.
-*This episode marks [[Patty]]'s first official with a real woman relationship ([[Verity Heathbar]]). In the past, Patty has dated [[Seymour Skinner|Principal Skinner]], and a man posing as a female golf-pro.
+*This episode marks [[Patty]]'s first official with a real woman relationship ([[Verity Heathbar]]). In the past, Patty has dated [[Principal Skinner]], and a man posing as a female golf-pro.
 **However, Patty was seen with a woman in flashbacks in "[[There's Something About Marrying]]".

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	*In the wide shot just after Bart finishes reading his Itchy and Scratchy report, Lisa's dress is colored the green of Marge's.		*In the wide shot just after Bart finishes reading his Itchy and Scratchy report, Lisa's dress is colored the green of Marge's.

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 *This episode marks [[Patty]]'s first official with a real woman relationship ([[Verity Heathbar]]). In the past, Patty has dated [[Seymour Skinner|Principal Skinner]], and a man posing as a female golf-pro.
 **However, Patty was seen with a woman in flashbacks in "[[There's Something About Marrying]]".
 == Cultural references ==

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 *When [[Lenny]] introduces his new TV, the ''Treehouse of Horror'' music is playing in the background.
 *A theatrical version of ''The Phantom of the Opera'' is playing on Lenny's plasma TV during his party.
-*With [[Dan Castellaneta]], this is the second time a member of the main cast of ''The Simpsons'' has guest-starred as themselves (the first was [[Harry Shearer]] as part of [[Spinal Tap]] in "The Otto Show"). In this episode he was simply billed as a "star of ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]''" while in season Thirteen's "[[I Am Furious (Yellow)]]" he appeared to voice the character of [[Angry Dad]] (although he was not referred to by name in that episode).
+*With [[Dan Castellaneta]], this is the second time a member of the main cast of ''The Simpsons'' has guest-starred as themselves (the first was [[Harry Shearer]] as part of [[Spinal Tap]] in "The Otto Show"). In this episode, he was simply billed as a "star of ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'', and while in season Thirteen's "[[I Am Furious (Yellow)]]", he appeared to voice the character of [[Angry Dad]] (although he was not referred to by name in that episode).
 *The similarities between ''Trading Spouses'' and ''Wife Swap'' (ABC) are satirically addressed. Interestingly, ''Wife Swap'' had received a similar skewering by '''its''' network fellow ''Hope and Faith'' a season earlier.
 *This episode was preceded by Ricky commentating about the episode on [[Sky One]], and how [[Channel 4]] would not get it for another three years. Sky One issued an apology upon the return from commercial break during the episode acknowledging that this claim was inaccurate. Channel 4 shows new episodes '''four''' years after Sky One.
-*The episode aired in September [[2010]] on Channel 4, just over fours years after airing on Sky One
+*The episode aired in September [[2010]] on Channel 4, just over fours years after airing on Sky One.
 *Possibly due to the episode's storyline, Sky's high-definition service SkyHD was promoted twice during the first UK transmission, before the episode started and before the 'apology' mentioned above. The first advert in the commercial break was also for a high-definition television. Private Eye magazine in particular criticized this as an example of product placement on the part of Sky, and speculated as to how much Gervais was paid for writing it into the storyline.
 *This episode was promoted heavily in the UK, even making the cover of the Radio Times. It holds the record for the highest rated Simpsons episode ever shown on Sky One, getting 2.301 million viewers, beating the previous record of 1.65 million set by "[[Skinner's Sense of Snow]]" in [[2001]].
 *Despite being written by a British person, the episode is filled with references that UK audiences will not automatically be familiar with, such as [[Ryan Seacrest]], Notre Dame football, etc.
 *This episode marks [[Patty]]'s first official with a real woman relationship ([[Verity Heathbar]]). In the past, Patty has dated [[Seymour Skinner|Principal Skinner]], and a man posing as a female golf-pro.
-**However Patty was seen with a woman in flashbacks in "[[There's Something About Marrying]]".
+**However, Patty was seen with a woman in flashbacks in "[[There's Something About Marrying]]".
 == Cultural references ==

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 *When [[Lenny]] introduces his new TV, the ''Treehouse of Horror'' music is playing in the background.
 *A theatrical version of ''The Phantom of the Opera'' is playing on Lenny's plasma TV during his party.
-*With [[Dan Castellaneta]], this is the second time a member of the main cast of ''The Simpsons'' has guest-starred as themselves (the first was [[Harry Shearer]] as part of [[Spinal Tap]] in "The Otto Show"). In this episode he was simply billed as a "star of ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]''" while in season Thirteen's "[[I Am Furious Yellow]]" he appeared to voice the character of [[Angry Dad]] (although he was not referred to by name in that episode).
+*With [[Dan Castellaneta]], this is the second time a member of the main cast of ''The Simpsons'' has guest-starred as themselves (the first was [[Harry Shearer]] as part of [[Spinal Tap]] in "The Otto Show"). In this episode he was simply billed as a "star of ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]''" while in season Thirteen's "[[I Am Furious (Yellow)]]" he appeared to voice the character of [[Angry Dad]] (although he was not referred to by name in that episode).
 *The similarities between ''Trading Spouses'' and ''Wife Swap'' (ABC) are satirically addressed. Interestingly, ''Wife Swap'' had received a similar skewering by '''its''' network fellow ''Hope and Faith'' a season earlier.
 *This episode was preceded by Ricky commentating about the episode on [[Sky One]], and how [[Channel 4]] would not get it for another three years. Sky One issued an apology upon the return from commercial break during the episode acknowledging that this claim was inaccurate. Channel 4 shows new episodes '''four''' years after Sky One.

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 *According to various articles, [[Ricky Gervais]] is more than welcome to write or guest star in another episode.
 *In a December [[2004]] BBC article, Gervais called writing ''The Simpsons'' episode "the most intimidating project of my career", describing ''The Simpsons'' as "the greatest TV show of all time."
-*This episode featured a live-action opening sequence. The live-action couch gag was not shown on some channels in Canada with the original airing for unspecified reasons. This was taken directly from a Sky One promotion, with the only alteration (in right-driving countries) being a mirrored flip of the scene where Marge and Maggie are driving the car, to show Marge driving on the left side, unlike in the UK. The original can be seen [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2004580002-2006100428,00.html here]. It was filmed in Orpington, Kent, near [[London]].
+*This episode featured a live-action opening sequence. The live-action couch gag was not shown on some channels in Canada with the original airing for unspecified reasons. This was taken directly from a Sky One promotion, with the only alteration (in right-driving countries) being a mirrored flip of the scene where Marge and Maggie are driving the car, to show Marge driving on the left side, unlike in the UK. It was filmed in Orpington, Kent, near [[London]].
 *When [[Lenny]] introduces his new TV, the ''Treehouse of Horror'' music is playing in the background.
 *A theatrical version of ''The Phantom of the Opera'' is playing on Lenny's plasma TV during his party.

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 *The shot of Charles standing in front of the fire while singing about Princess Di echoes the famous and controversial photo of her standing in a school garden with the sun behind her, revealing the outline of her legs through her skirt.
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