Life on the Fast Lane/References - Revision history

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‎Goofs

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 **"{{W|(You're) Having My Baby}}" by {{W|Paul Anka}}.
 **"{{W|Nearer, My God, to Thee}}" by {{W|Sarah Fuller Flower Adams}}.
-**"{{W|Happy Birthday to You}}" by {{W|Patty Hill|Patty}} and {{W|Mildred J. Hill}}.
+**"[[Happy Birthday to You]]" by {{W|Patty Hill|Patty}} and {{W|Mildred J. Hill}}.
 *[[Patty]] mentions the {{W|Heimlich maneuver}}.
 *[[Jacques]] uses several words from the {{W|Glossary of bowling|vocabulary of bowling}}, including:

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 == Cultural references ==
 *The episode's title is a play-on-words on {{W|The Eagles}}' song "{{W|Life in the Fast Lane}}" and a {{W|bowling}} lane.
-**The initial title, "Bjorn To Be Wild", was meant to be a play on {{W2|Steppenwolf|band}}'s song "{{W|Born to Be Wild}}".
+**The initial title, "Björn To Be Wild", was meant to be a play on {{W2|Steppenwolf|band}}'s song "{{W|Born to Be Wild}}".
 *When [[Bart]] tells [[Lisa]] that [[Marge]] will love his French perfume bottle, he says "all the way from gay Paree". This is a reference to the 1982 musical comedy film ''{{W|Victor/Victoria}}'', specifically to the musical number "Gay Paree" sang by Carroll "Toddy" Todd ({{W2|Robert Preston|actor}}) where he was referring to [[Paris]] as "gay Paree".
 *[[Homer]] once gave Marge a calendar of American journalist {{W|Connie Chung}} for her birthday.
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 == Trivia ==
 *As with "[[Bart the General]]", the [[opening sequence]] was shortened due to the length of the episode. This means this episode has no [[chalkboard gag]] and [[couch gag]].
-*The original title of this episode was "Bjórn to Be Wild". This is because it called for Albert Brooks to voice Bjórn, a Swedish tennis instructor, but Matt Groening thought it would be better to make Brooks' character French.
+*The original title of this episode was "Bjórn to Be Wild". This is because it called for Albert Brooks to voice a Swede bowling instructor named Bjórn, but Matt Groening thought it would be better to make Brooks' character French. The first name came from the famous Swede professional tennis player {{W|Björn Borg}}.
 *The moon is seen to have three craters on it, much like a bowling ball when Jacques is dropping Marge off.
 *[[Jacques]] takes [[Marge]] to Shorty's Coffee Shop for brunch.

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 **''Beer frame'', a frame in which the only bowler not to roll a strike, or the one who achieves the lowest score, has to buy beer for the rest of their team.
 **''5–7–10 split'', also known as the "Three wise men", is considered to be one of the most difficult {{W|Split (bowling)#Other common splits|splits}} to convert.
-*Homer, Bart and Lisa sing "{{W|Wiegenlied|Brahms}}", the "Cradle Song" by {{W|Johannes Brahms}}, to [[Maggie]].
+*Homer, Bart and Lisa sing "{{W2|Wiegenlied|Brahms}}", the "Cradle Song" by {{W|Johannes Brahms}}, to [[Maggie]].
 [[File:Fiesta Terrace dancing.png|250px|thumb|[[Jacques]] and [[Marge]]'s dance at [[Fiesta Terrace]] parodies the "{{W2|Night and Day|song}}" dancing scene in ''{{W|The Gay Divorcee}}'']]
 *Jacques and Marge's dance scene parodies the 1934 musical romantic comedy ''{{W|The Gay Divorcee}}'', specifically the "{{W2|Night and Day|song}}" dancing scene which has a similar setting.

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 == Cultural references ==
-*The title is a pun on The Eagles' song "{{W|Life in the Fast Lane}}". The initial title ("Bjorn To Be Wild") was meant to be a play on Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild".
+*The episode's title is a play-on-words on {{W|The Eagles}}' song "{{W|Life in the Fast Lane}}" and a {{W|bowling}} lane.
-*The scene near the end parodies the film "''{{W|An Officer and a Gentleman}}''" and contains the same music.
+**The initial title, "Bjorn To Be Wild", was meant to be a play on {{W2|Steppenwolf|band}}'s song "{{W|Born to Be Wild}}".
 == Trivia ==

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 *The original title of this episode was "Bjórn to Be Wild". This is because it called for Albert Brooks to voice Bjórn, a Swedish tennis instructor, but Matt Groening thought it would be better to make Brooks' character French.
 *The moon is seen to have three craters on it, much like a bowling ball when Jacques is dropping Marge off.
-*[[Jacques]] takes [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] to Shorty's Coffee Shop for brunch.
+*[[Jacques]] takes [[Marge]] to Shorty's Coffee Shop for brunch.
 *Albert Brooks is credited under the name "A. Brooks" in this episode, as with all his other appearances on ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
 *Marge's shoe size is 13 AA.
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 [[File:Marge white pearls.png|thumb|Marge with white pearls]]
 *In the scene where Marge is next to Homer at work, the pink big line on the top of his tie flips to the opposite side for a split second, and then flips back to normal.
-*If Marge is thirty-four, this would mean she gave birth to [[Bart Simpson|Bart]], now ten, when she was twenty-four. This is inconsistent with most flashbacks to [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] and Marge's earlier lives.
+*If Marge is thirty-four, this would mean she gave birth to [[Bart]], now ten, when she was twenty-four. This is inconsistent with most flashbacks to [[Homer]] and Marge's earlier lives.
 *The filling of Homer's sandwich changes from green to purple.
 *Depending on the scene, the label of the French Perfume bottle changes between blue, purple, and red.

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 == Goofs ==
 *In the scene where Marge is next to Homer at work, the pink big line on the top of his tie flips to the opposite side for a split second, and then flips back to normal.
 *If Marge is thirty-four, this would mean she gave birth to [[Bart Simpson|Bart]], now ten, when she was twenty-four. This is inconsistent with most flashbacks to [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] and Marge's earlier lives.
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