King-Size Homer/References - Revision history

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 == Cultural references ==
-*The episode title is a pun on ''{{W|King-Size Canary}}'', a 1947 animated cartoon short directed by legendary animator {{W|Tex Avery}}. In the cartoon, a growth formula causes several animals to swell to gargantuan proportions.
+*The episode title is a pun on ''{{W|King-Size Canary}}'', a 1947 animated cartoon short directed by legendary animator [[Tex Avery]]. In the cartoon, a growth formula causes several animals to swell to gargantuan proportions.
 *During the episode's [[King-Size Homer/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]], the Simpsons are {{W|wind-up toy}}s.
 [[File:Mr. Burns Yale sweater.png|250px|thumb|During the calisthenics class at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]], [[Mr. Burns]] is wearing a [[Yale University]] sweater.]]
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 **Burns also says that he "wants to see more Teddy Roosevelts and less Franklin Roosevelts". He is referencing former US presidents [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], the latter having contracted a {{W|Paralytic illness of Franklin D. Roosevelt|paralytic illness in 1921}}.
 *One of the medical conditions in the ''[[Am I Disabled?]]'' book is the {{W|carpal tunnel syndrome}}.
-*[[Dr. Nick]] recommends [[Homer]] make sandwiches with {{W|Pop-Tarts}} instead of bread.
+*[[Dr. Nick]] recommends [[Homer]] make sandwiches with [[Pop-Tarts]] instead of bread.
 *During Homer and [[Bart]]'s visit to the supermarket:
 **[[Cheezus H Rice]] is a pun on {{W|Jesus H. Christ}}, the expletive interjection that refers to the Christian religious figure of [[Jesus]].

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 **Burns also says that he "wants to see more Teddy Roosevelts and less Franklin Roosevelts". He is referencing former US presidents [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], the latter having contracted a {{W|Paralytic illness of Franklin D. Roosevelt|paralytic illness in 1921}}.
 *One of the medical conditions in the ''[[Am I Disabled?]]'' book is the {{W|carpal tunnel syndrome}}.
-*[[Dr. Nick]] recommends [[Homer]] to make sandwiches with {{W|Pop-Tarts}} instead of bread.
+*[[Dr. Nick]] recommends [[Homer]] make sandwiches with {{W|Pop-Tarts}} instead of bread.
 *During Homer and [[Bart]]'s visit to the supermarket:
 **[[Cheezus H Rice]] is a pun on {{W|Jesus H. Christ}}, the expletive interjection that refers to the Christian religious figure of [[Jesus]].
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 *The name of [[The Vast Waistband]], the store Homer visits to buy a {{W|muumuu}}, is a parody of the term then-FCC chairman {{W|Newton Minow}} used in a 1961 speech referring to television as a "{{W|Wasteland Speech|vast wasteland}}".
 *When Homer hits "TAB", {{W2|Tab|soft drink|thinking he'd get a soft drink}}, while looking for the "Any" key (which is a joke on the computer prompt "Press any key to continue"), a startup sound from a Macintosh computer produced in 1995 is heard. This episode aired the same year.
-**The computer Homer uses for work resembles the {{W|Macintosh XL}}, which was first released in January 1, 1985.
+**The computer Homer uses for work resembles the {{W|Macintosh XL}}, which was first released on January 1, 1985.
 *When Homer vented the toxic gas from the plant, thus ruining the farmer's corn crop, the farmer says "{{Ch|Paul Newman}}'s gunna have ma' legs broke!" when lamenting the loss of the corn. This is a reference to the legend made by the ''{{W|Newman's Own}}'' popcorn company, where Newman threatened people if they tried to steal his popcorn recipe.
 *[[Marge]] once giggled at Homer's {{W|Sherlock Holmes hat}}.
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 **"An urgent plea from Edward James Olmos". This is a reference to Mexican-American actor and director [[Edward James Olmos]], who is also known for his involvement in social activism.
 **"Lisa Simpson, can you afford to miss another issue of the ''Utne Reader''?". During the time the episode aired, the ''{{W|Utne Reader}}'' was an {{W|alternative media}} magazine.
-*American actor [[Pauly Shore]] actress [[Faye Dunaway]] star in ''[[Honk if You're Horny!]]''.
+*American actor [[Pauly Shore]] and actress [[Faye Dunaway]] star in ''[[Honk if You're Horny!]]''.
 *One man making fun of Homer tells him he could watch ''A Fridge Too Far'', a pun on the 1977 epic war film ''{{W2|A Bridge Too Far|film}}''.
 *Mr. Burns says to his workers that they have to perform ten "{{W|Iroquois}} twists".
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 == Trivia ==
 *[[Mr. Burns]]' sweater during the company workouts is the first mention of Mr. Burns having gone to [[Yale University|Yale]].
-*"Iroquois twists" ({{W|Iroquoian peoples|Iroquois}} are a Native American tribe) were made-up by the show's writers.
+*"Iroquois twists" ({{W|Iroquoian peoples|Iroquois}} are a Native American tribe) were made up by the show's writers.
 *The [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]] has pay toilets.
 *The Simpsons' scale stops at 400 pounds (181 kilograms).
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 *As the path of the venting pipe is followed underground, it passes the skeleton of [[Itchy]] being pursued by the skeleton of a saber-toothed [[Scratchy]].
 *An original plan for the episode that was scrapped was Homer becoming weight-obsessed in the opposite direction and becoming dangerously thin.
 == Continuity ==
 *The drinking bird [[Homer]] has "cover for him" was a gift from [[Herb]] in "[[Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?]]". Herb used it to show the formulation of ideas, but Homer was enthralled with it and wanted it.
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 == Cultural references ==
-*The title is a parody of the title "{{W|King-Size Canary}}", which was an MGM cartoon directed by legendary animator Tex Avery. In the cartoon, a growth formula causes several animals to swell to gargantuan proportions.
+*The episode title is a pun on ''{{W|King-Size Canary}}'', a 1947 animated cartoon short directed by legendary animator {{W|Tex Avery}}. In the cartoon, a growth formula causes several animals to swell to gargantuan proportions.
-*The song "Push out the jive, bring in the love" by the {{W|Lostprophets}} most likely takes it's name from the phrase used by Mr. Burns during exercise.
+*During the episode's [[King-Size Homer/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]], the Simpsons are {{W|wind-up toy}}s.
-*The name of [[The Vast Waistband]] (the store Homer visits to buy a muumuu) is a parody of the term then-FCC chairman {{W|Newton Minow}} used in a 1961 speech referring to television as a "{{W|Wasteland Speech|vast wasteland}}."
+[[File:Mr. Burns Yale sweater.png|250px|thumb|During the calisthenics class at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]], [[Mr. Burns]] is wearing a [[Yale University]] sweater.]]
-*When Homer hits "TAB", {{W2|Tab|soft drink|thinking he'd get a soft drink}}, while looking for the "Any" key (which is a joke on the computer prompt "Press any key to continue") a startup sound from a Macintosh computer produced in 1995 is heard. This episode aired the same year.
+*During the calisthenics class:
-*When Homer vented the toxic gas from the plant, thus ruining the farmers corn crop (and therefore unknowingly exacting revenge on the farmers for Daylight savings existing), the farmer says "{{Ch|Paul Newman}}'s gunna have ma' legs broke!" when lamenting the loss of the corn. This is a reference to the legend made by the Newman's Own Popcorn company where Newman threatened people if they try to steal his popcorn recipe.
+**[[Mr. Burns]] is wearing a [[Yale University]] sweater.
-*The computer Homer usues for work resembles the Macintosh XL which was first released in January 1, 1985.
+**Burns also says that he "wants to see more Teddy Roosevelts and less Franklin Roosevelts". He is referencing former US presidents [[Theodore Roosevelt]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], the latter having contracted a {{W|Paralytic illness of Franklin D. Roosevelt|paralytic illness in 1921}}.
-*The package of food in Homer's shopping cart "Cheezos H. Rice" is a parody of the expletive {{W|Jesus H. Christ}}. "Much Ado About Stuffing" is a parody of "{{W|Much Ado About Nothing}}."
+*One of the medical conditions in the ''[[Am I Disabled?]]'' book is the {{W|carpal tunnel syndrome}}.
 == Trivia ==

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 *"Iroquois twists" ({{W|Iroquoian peoples|Iroquois}} are a Native American tribe) were made-up by the show's writers.
 *The [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]] has pay toilets.
-*The Simpsons' scale stops at 400 pounds.
+*The Simpsons' scale stops at 400 pounds (181 kilograms).
 *Signs in the construction area were:
 **Hardhat Area

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 == Trivia ==
 *[[Mr. Burns]]' sweater during the company workouts is the first mention of Mr. Burns having gone to [[Yale University|Yale]].
 *"Iroquois twists" ({{W|Iroquoian peoples|Iroquois}} are a Native American tribe) were made-up by the show's writers.