New Kid on the Block/References - Revision history

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 *During The Frying Dutchman advert and scenes at the restaurant, "{{W|The Sailor's Hornpipe}}" is heard.
 *According to [[Ruth Powers]], a ''[[Time]]'' cover story called [[Springfield]] "America's worst city."
-*The "welcome to the neighborhood" package that [[Marge]] presents to Ruth includes a porno movie called ''[[Das Butt]]'', a pun on the German war movie ''[[Das Boot]]''.
+*The "[[Springfield Welcome Mobile]]" package that [[Marge]] presents to Ruth includes a porno movie called ''[[Das Butt]]'', a pun on the German war movie ''[[Das Boot]]''.
 *Bart's jacket and pipe when Laura babysits the kids are a reference to the founder of ''[[Playboy]]'', {{Ch|Hugh Hefner}}. Lisa also refers to Bart as "Hef."
 *At The Frying Dutchman, a picture of the ship's wheel of the ''SS Minnow'' from ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'' is on the wall.

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 == Cultural references ==
 *The name of this episode is a reference to the early '90s boy band, {{W|New Kids on the Block}}.
-*When [[Sylvia Winfield]] tells [[Homer]] to cover his garbage, a moose is revealed to be eating from it, making a reference to opening sequence of ''{{W|Northern Exposure}}''. The theme song also plays.
+*When [[Sylvia Winfield]] tells [[Homer]] to cover his garbage, a moose is revealed to be eating from it, making a reference to the opening sequence of ''{{W|Northern Exposure}}''. The theme song also plays.
 *The name of [[The Frying Dutchman]] is a reference to the legendary ghost ship, the ''{{W|Flying Dutchman}}''.
 *During The Frying Dutchman advert and scenes at the restaurant, "{{W|The Sailor's Hornpipe}}" is heard.
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 *Bart's jacket and pipe when Laura babysits the kids are a reference to the founder of ''[[Playboy]]'', {{Ch|Hugh Hefner}}. Lisa also refers to Bart as "Hef."
 *At The Frying Dutchman, a picture of the ship's wheel of the ''SS Minnow'' from ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'' is on the wall.
-*Bart's fantasy of him and Laura dancing id a parody of the scene of Jerry Travers and Dale Tremont dancing in the film ''{{W|Top Hat}}''.
+*Bart's fantasy of him and Laura dancing is a parody of the scene of Jerry Travers and Dale Tremont dancing in the film ''{{W|Top Hat}}''.
-*When Homer decides to take The Frying Dutchman to court, he compares himself to the "Spanish guy [who] fought the windmills." Marge asks him if he means ''{{W|Don Quixote}}'', and Homer tells her that he means ''{{W|Man of La Mancha}}, a musical adapted from the teleplay ''{{W|I, Don Quixote}}'' by {{W|Dale Wasserman}}.
+*When Homer decides to take The Frying Dutchman to court, he compares himself to the "Spanish guy [who] fought the windmills." Marge asks him if he means ''{{W|Don Quixote}}'', and Homer tells her that he means ''{{W|Man of La Mancha}}'', a musical adapted from the teleplay ''{{W|I, Don Quixote}}'' by {{W|Dale Wasserman}}.
 *[[Lionel Hutz]] took on a fraudulent advertising case against the film ''{{W2|The NeverEnding Story|film}}''.
 *[[Grampa]] says that he had a crush on the oldest woman, who was 120 years old, who delivered pianist and composer [[Eubie Blake]]. He then said that she fell in with the "[[Guinness Book of World Records|Guinness Book of Records]] crowd."
 *According to the newspaper, the {{W|Mostly Mozart Festival}}, a classical music festival, was in town.
-*The scene of the bailifs coming into the court room with sacks of letters to [[Santa]] is a parody of the film ''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]''.
+*The scene of the bailiffs coming into the courtroom with sacks of letters to [[Santa]] is a parody of the film ''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]''.
 == Trivia ==
-*The shot of [[Homer]] drooling at the commercial for [[The Frying Dutchman]] is recycled from "[[Bart's Friend Falls in Love]]" and is mirror flipped in this episode.
+*The shot of [[Homer]] drooling at the commercial for [[The Frying Dutchman]] is recycled from "[[Bart's Friend Falls in Love]]" and is mirror-flipped in this episode.
-*Bart says "Can't a guy's skin look its yellowest" though in future and past episodes the Simpsons refer to other yellow people's skin as "white".
+*Bart says "Can't a guy's skin look its yellowest", though in future and past episodes the Simpsons refer to other yellow people's skin as "white".
 *In the flashback when [[Jimbo]] puts [[Bart]]'s head in the toilet, [[Bart]]'s shirt is green rather than the usual orange.
-*{{Ch|Wes Archer}} and {{Ch|Rich Moore}} are among the people bringing letters to [[Santa Claus]] into the court room.
+*{{Ch|Wes Archer}} and {{Ch|Rich Moore}} are among the people bringing letters to [[Santa Claus]] into the courtroom.
 *According to Bart's phone call to [[Moe's]], the Simpsons original address was 1094 [[Evergreen Terrace]], instead of 742.

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 *The name of this episode is a reference to the early '90s boy band, {{W|New Kids on the Block}}.
 *When [[Sylvia Winfield]] tells [[Homer]] to cover his garbage, a moose is revealed to be eating from it, making a reference to opening sequence of ''{{W|Northern Exposure}}''. The theme song also plays.
-*During [[The Frying Dutchman]] advert and scenes at the restaurant, "{{W|The Sailor's Hornpipe}}" is heard.
+*The name of [[The Frying Dutchman]] is a reference to the legendary ghost ship, the ''{{W|Flying Dutchman}}''.
 *According to [[Ruth Powers]], a ''[[Time]]'' cover story called [[Springfield]] "America's worst city."
 *The "welcome to the neighborhood" package that [[Marge]] presents to Ruth includes a porno movie called ''[[Das Butt]]'', a pun on the German war movie ''[[Das Boot]]''.

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 == Cultural references ==
 *The name of this episode is a reference to the early '90s boy band, {{W|New Kids on the Block}}.
-*The "welcome to the neighborhood" package that [[Marge]] presents to [[Ruth]] includes a porno movie called ''[[Das Butt]]'', a pun on ''[[Das Boot]]''.
+*When [[Sylvia Winfield]] tells [[Homer]] to cover his garbage, a moose is revealed to be eating from it, making a reference to opening sequence of ''{{W|Northern Exposure}}''. The theme song also plays.
-* When [[Sylvia Winfield]] tells [[Homer]] to cover his garbage, a moose is revealed to be eating from it, making a reference to opening sequence of ''{{W|Northern Exposure}}''.
+*During [[The Frying Dutchman]] advert and scenes at the restaurant, "{{W|The Sailor's Hornpipe}}" is heard.
 == Trivia ==
 *The shot of [[Homer]] drooling at the commercial for [[The Frying Dutchman]] is recycled from "[[Bart's Friend Falls in Love]]" and is mirror flipped in this episode.
-*"Gary Price" was used as the name of the real estate agent showing the Winfields' home to a young couple in an earlier draft for the script.<ref>[http://archive.org/details/9F06-new-kid-on-the-block-final-delivery/mode/2up?q=%22Gary+Price%22 Internet Archive - "The Simpsons - 9F06: New Kid on the Block (Final Delivery)"]</ref>
+*Bart says "Can't a guy's skin look its yellowest" though in future and past episodes the Simpsons refer to other yellow people's skin as "white".
 == Continuity ==
 *A picture of [[Bea Simmons]] is seen in the retirement home. ("[[Old Money]]")
 == Goofs ==
 *When Homer is eating and [[Horatio McCallister]] is trying to attract people, three people go in. In the next shot, the people are outside.
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 *Moe later listed the "Amanda Hugginkiss" prank call as item #37 on his Bottom Forty list. (''[[The Book of Moe]]'')
 *[[Homer]] is also seen having a dip in a kiddie pool in the comic story ''[[Maggie's Crib 23]]''.
-*The real estate agent, similar to [[Wise Guy]] or the [[Squeaky-voiced teen]], has had many different jobs around [[Springfield]] including airline steward ("[[Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington]]"), hairdresser ("[[The Springfield Connection]]"), performer in amateur community musical theater ("[[A Streetcar Named Marge]]"), etc...
+*The real estate agent, similar to [[Wise Guy]] or the [[Squeaky-Voiced Teen]], has had many different jobs around [[Springfield]] including airline steward ("[[Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington]]"), hairdresser ("[[The Springfield Connection]]"), performer in amateur community musical theater ("[[A Streetcar Named Marge]]"), etc...
 == Goofs ==

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 *[[Bart]] says "Can't a guy's skin look its yellowest" though in future and past episodes the [[Simpsons]] refer to other yellow people's skin as "white".
 *The shot of [[Homer]] drooling at the commercial for [[The Frying Dutchman]] is recycled from "[[Bart's Friend Falls in Love]]" and is mirror flipped in this episode.
-*"Gary Price" was used as the name of the real estate agent showing the Winfields' home to young couple in an earlier draft for the script.[http://archive.org/details/9F06-new-kid-on-the-block-final-delivery/mode/2up?q=%22Gary+Price%22]
+*"Gary Price" was used as the name of the real estate agent showing the Winfields' home to young couple in an earlier draft for the script.<ref>[http://archive.org/details/9F06-new-kid-on-the-block-final-delivery/mode/2up?q=%22Gary+Price%22 Internet Archive - "The Simpsons - 9F06: New Kid on the Block (Final Delivery)"]</ref>
 == Continuity ==
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 *[[Dolph]] has [[Milhouse]]'s voice.
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