Last Exit to Springfield/References - Revision history

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2024-09-05T15:40:49Z

‎Cultural references

MediocreUsername: /* Cultural references */ mention infinite monkey theorem reference

2024-09-05T15:38:25Z

‎Cultural references: mention infinite monkey theorem reference

Solar Dragon at 13:42, December 30, 2023

2023-12-30T13:42:14Z

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2021-10-16T01:30:35Z

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CJG00: /* Goofs */

2021-02-05T18:22:26Z

‎Goofs

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{w|Charles Dickens}} → Charles Dickens, {{w|Buster Brown}} → Buster Brown, the {{w|Beatles}} → The Beatles

2021-01-27T21:01:02Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{w|Charles Dickens}} → Charles Dickens, {{w|Buster Brown}} → Buster Brown, the {{w|Beatles}} → The Beatles

SolarBot: /* Continuity /replaced: == Cultural references == → == Cultural references == (5), == → == (5), == → == (5), → * (4)

2020-12-12T22:34:28Z

‎Continuity: replaced: == Cultural references == → == Cultural references == (5), == → == (5), == → == (5), * → * (4)

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{w|Yellow Submarine (film)|Yellow Submarine}} → {{W2|Yellow Submarine|film}} (2)

2020-12-11T22:40:03Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{w|Yellow Submarine (film)|Yellow Submarine}} → {{W2|Yellow Submarine|film}} (2)

Simpsons88: /* Cultural references */

2020-10-30T00:17:00Z

‎Cultural references

HomerGriffin: /* Cultural references */

2020-02-09T22:16:46Z

‎Cultural references

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 *The last picture in the "Big Book of British Smiles" is that of {{W|Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh}}.
 *Mr. Burns has a thousand monkeys working on typewriters to produce a novel, likely a reference to the {{W|infinite monkey theorem}}.
-**The text that one monkey had written "It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times" is a reference to the first sentence in the novel ''{{W|A Tale of Two Cities}}'' by [[Charles Dickens]].
+**The text that one monkey had written "It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times" is a reference to the first sentence in the novel ''{{W|A Tale of Two Cities}}'' by [[Charles Dickens]], misspelling 'worst' as 'blurst'.
 *[[Gummy Joe]] has a voice exactly like that of actor {{W|Walter Brennan}}, who in real life had lost a lot of teeth in an accident, and who played characters a lot like Gummy Joe in Westerns.
 *The song played by Lisa is Mason Williams' "{{W|Classical Gas}}".<ref name="Groening">Matt Groening, The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Last Exit to Springfield"</ref>

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 *The scene where Lisa acquires her monstrous braces and breaks her mirror is based on the 1989 film ''{{W2|Batman|1989 film}}''.
 *The last picture in the "Big Book of British Smiles" is that of {{W|Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh}}.
-*The text that the monkey had written "It was the best of times it was the blurst of times" is a reference to the first sentence in the novel ''{{W|A Tale of Two Cities}}'' by [[Charles Dickens]].
+*Mr. Burns has a thousand monkeys working on typewriters to produce a novel, likely a reference to the {{W|infinite monkey theorem}}.
 *[[Gummy Joe]] has a voice exactly like that of actor {{W|Walter Brennan}}, who in real life had lost a lot of teeth in an accident, and who played characters a lot like Gummy Joe in Westerns.
 *The song played by Lisa is Mason Williams' "{{W|Classical Gas}}".<ref name="Groening">Matt Groening, The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Last Exit to Springfield"</ref>

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 *The title of the episode is a homage to Hubert Selby Jr.'s controversial book ''{{W|Last Exit to Brooklyn}}''.
 *The body of the union president is seen buried under a football field, a homage to the mystery surrounding the whereabouts of {{W|Jimmy Hoffa}}.
-*Mr. Burns' outfit is based on [[Buster Brown]].
+*Mr. Burns' outfit is based on {{W|Buster Brown}}.
 *Homer's imagination of a life of organized crime is based on the famous San Gennaro sequence in ''{{W|The Godfather Part II}}'', accepting donuts rather than a necklace and an orange.<ref name="Kogen">Jay Kogen, The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Last Exit to Springfield"}</ref>
 *Lisa has a dream that echoes [[The Beatles]]' movie ''{{W2|Yellow Submarine|film}}'', which Al Jean says had to be changed enough so that everything was slightly different due to legal reasons. The psychedelic artwork is true to that of {{W|Peter Max}}.

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 == Cultural references ==
-*The title of the episode is a homage to Hubert Selby Jr.'s controversial book ''{{w|Last Exit to Brooklyn}}''.
+*The title of the episode is a homage to Hubert Selby Jr.'s controversial book ''{{W|Last Exit to Brooklyn}}''.
-*The body of the union president is seen buried under a football field, a homage to the mystery surrounding the whereabouts of {{w|Jimmy Hoffa}}.
+*The body of the union president is seen buried under a football field, a homage to the mystery surrounding the whereabouts of {{W|Jimmy Hoffa}}.
 *Mr. Burns' outfit is based on [[Buster Brown]].
-*Homer's imagination of a life of organized crime is based on the famous San Gennaro sequence in ''{{w|The Godfather Part II}}'', accepting donuts rather than a necklace and an orange.<ref name="Kogen">Jay Kogen, The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Last Exit to Springfield"}</ref>
+*Homer's imagination of a life of organized crime is based on the famous San Gennaro sequence in ''{{W|The Godfather Part II}}'', accepting donuts rather than a necklace and an orange.<ref name="Kogen">Jay Kogen, The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Last Exit to Springfield"}</ref>
-*Lisa has a dream that echoes [[The Beatles]]' movie ''{{W2|Yellow Submarine|film}}'', which Al Jean says had to be changed enough so that everything was slightly different due to legal reasons. The psychedelic artwork is true to that of {{w|Peter Max}}.
+*Lisa has a dream that echoes [[The Beatles]]' movie ''{{W2|Yellow Submarine|film}}'', which Al Jean says had to be changed enough so that everything was slightly different due to legal reasons. The psychedelic artwork is true to that of {{W|Peter Max}}.
-**In that dream, George Harrison says: "Look lads, it's Lisa in the sky", and John Lennon: "No diamonds, though" while Lisa is flying over their (purple) submarine. This is a reference to the famous song of The Beatles: "{{w|Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds}}", which also featured in the film. Another factor to the dream is that when Lisa is flying, clouds forming the word ''HATRED'' are shown (it was ''LOVE'' in the original movie).
+**In that dream, George Harrison says: "Look lads, it's Lisa in the sky", and John Lennon: "No diamonds, though" while Lisa is flying over their (purple) submarine. This is a reference to the famous song of The Beatles: "{{W|Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds}}", which also featured in the film. Another factor to the dream is that when Lisa is flying, clouds forming the word ''HATRED'' are shown (it was ''LOVE'' in the original movie).
 *The scene where Lisa acquires her monstrous braces and breaks her mirror is based on the 1989 film ''{{W2|Batman|1989 film}}''.
-*The last picture in the "Big Book of British Smiles" is that of {{w|Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh}}.
+*The last picture in the "Big Book of British Smiles" is that of {{W|Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh}}.
-*The text that the monkey had written "It was the best of times it was the blurst of times" is a reference to the first sentence in the novel ''{{w|A Tale of Two Cities}}'' by [[Charles Dickens]].
+*The text that the monkey had written "It was the best of times it was the blurst of times" is a reference to the first sentence in the novel ''{{W|A Tale of Two Cities}}'' by [[Charles Dickens]].
-*[[Gummy Joe]] has a voice exactly like that of actor {{w|Walter Brennan}}, who in real life had lost a lot of teeth in an accident, and who played characters a lot like Gummy Joe in Westerns.
+*[[Gummy Joe]] has a voice exactly like that of actor {{W|Walter Brennan}}, who in real life had lost a lot of teeth in an accident, and who played characters a lot like Gummy Joe in Westerns.
-*The song played by Lisa is Mason Williams' "{{w|Classical Gas}}".<ref name="Groening">Matt Groening, The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Last Exit to Springfield"</ref>
+*The song played by Lisa is Mason Williams' "{{W|Classical Gas}}".<ref name="Groening">Matt Groening, The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Last Exit to Springfield"</ref>
-*[[Smartline]] is a parody of ''{{w|Nightline}}''.
+*[[Smartline]] is a parody of ''{{W|Nightline}}''.
 *When Burns and Smithers slide down the poles to get to the button to switch the power off, it is a reference to the Batman TV show.
 *Before [[Mr. Burns]] shuts off the power to the town in response to the strike, he says, "from Hell's heart I stab at thee" a famous quote spoken by Captain Ahab to the white whale in ''[[Moby-Dick]]''.
-*The workers' resistance to the power outage, and Mr. Burns' Seussian response, is a spoof of ''{{w|How the Grinch Stole Christmas!}}''.
+*The workers' resistance to the power outage, and Mr. Burns' Seussian response, is a spoof of ''{{W|How the Grinch Stole Christmas!}}''.
 == Trivia ==

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 == Goofs ==
 *When [[Dr. Wolfe]] is showing [[Ralph]] a book titled ''[[The Big Book of British Smiles]]'', on the first picture one tooth turns from white to red.
 == References ==

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 == Continuity ==
 *[[Smithers]] mentions to [[Mr. Burns]] the past events about [[Homer]] and his family:
-** Homer thwarted Burns' campaign for Governor ("[[Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish]]")
+**Homer thwarted Burns' campaign for Governor ("[[Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish]]")
-** Burns ran over [[Bart]] ("[[Bart Gets Hit by a Car]]")
+**Burns ran over [[Bart]] ("[[Bart Gets Hit by a Car]]")
-** [[Homer]] saved the plant from a meltdown ("[[Homer Defined]]")
+**[[Homer]] saved the plant from a meltdown ("[[Homer Defined]]")
-** [[Marge]] painted Burns in the nude ("[[Brush with Greatness]]")
+**[[Marge]] painted Burns in the nude ("[[Brush with Greatness]]")
 == Goofs ==

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 *Mr. Burns' outfit is based on {{w|Buster Brown}}.
 *Homer's imagination of a life of organized crime is based on the famous San Gennaro sequence in ''{{w|The Godfather Part II}}'', accepting donuts rather than a necklace and an orange.<ref name="Kogen">Jay Kogen, The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Last Exit to Springfield"}</ref>
-*Lisa has a dream that echoes the {{w|Beatles}}' movie ''{{w|Yellow Submarine (film)|Yellow Submarine}}'', which Al Jean says had to be changed enough so that everything was slightly different due to legal reasons. The psychedelic artwork is true to that of {{w|Peter Max}}.
+*Lisa has a dream that echoes the {{w|Beatles}}' movie ''{{W2|Yellow Submarine|film}}'', which Al Jean says had to be changed enough so that everything was slightly different due to legal reasons. The psychedelic artwork is true to that of {{w|Peter Max}}.
 **In that dream, George Harrison says: "Look lads, it's Lisa in the sky", and John Lennon: "No diamonds, though" while Lisa is flying over their (purple) submarine. This is a reference to the famous song of The Beatles: "{{w|Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds}}", which also featured in the film. Another factor to the dream is that when Lisa is flying, clouds forming the word ''HATRED'' are shown (it was ''LOVE'' in the original movie).
-*The scene where Lisa acquires her monstrous braces and breaks her mirror is based on the 1989 film {{w|Batman (1989 film)|Batman}}.
+*The scene where Lisa acquires her monstrous braces and breaks her mirror is based on the 1989 film ''{{W2|Batman|1989 film}}''.
 *The last picture in the "Big Book of British Smiles" is that of {{w|Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh}}.
 *The text that the monkey had written "It was the best of times it was the blurst of times" is a reference to the first sentence in the novel ''{{w|A Tale of Two Cities}}'' by {{w|Charles Dickens}}.

Last Exit to Springfield/References - Revision history

MediocreUsername: /* Cultural references */

MediocreUsername: /* Cultural references */ mention infinite monkey theorem reference

Solar Dragon at 13:42, December 30, 2023

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{w| → {{W| (11)

CJG00: /* Goofs */

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{w|Charles Dickens}} → Charles Dickens, {{w|Buster Brown}} → Buster Brown, the {{w|Beatles}} → The Beatles

SolarBot: /* Continuity */replaced: == Cultural references == → == Cultural references == (5), == → == (5), == → == (5), * → * (4)

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{w|Yellow Submarine (film)|Yellow Submarine}} → {{W2|Yellow Submarine|film}} (2)

Simpsons88: /* Cultural references */

HomerGriffin: /* Cultural references */

SolarBot: /* Continuity /replaced: == Cultural references == → == Cultural references == (5), == → == (5), == → == (5), → * (4)