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== Cultural References == | == Cultural References == | ||
| + | *The title is a reference to the book [[wikipedia:The Old Man and the Sea|The Old Man and the Sea]]. | ||
| + | **Other episodes using this as a reference are: [[The Old Man and the Key]] and [[The Old Man and the Lisa]]. | ||
*The Native American shown breaking the window is a reference to a character from [[wikipedia:One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]] | *The Native American shown breaking the window is a reference to a character from [[wikipedia:One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]] | ||
*When [[Bart]] turns the senior citizens loose, they re-enact the "Can't Buy Me Love" field sequence from [[wikipedia:The_Beatles|the Beatles]] movie ''[[wikipedia:A_Hard_Day's_Night_(film)|A Hard Days Night]]''. | *When [[Bart]] turns the senior citizens loose, they re-enact the "Can't Buy Me Love" field sequence from [[wikipedia:The_Beatles|the Beatles]] movie ''[[wikipedia:A_Hard_Day's_Night_(film)|A Hard Days Night]]''. | ||
Revision as of 07:40, May 19, 2010
Cultural References
- The title is a reference to the book The Old Man and the Sea.
- Other episodes using this as a reference are: The Old Man and the Key and The Old Man and the Lisa.
- The Native American shown breaking the window is a reference to a character from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- When Bart turns the senior citizens loose, they re-enact the "Can't Buy Me Love" field sequence from the Beatles movie A Hard Days Night.
- The end titles show an album cover that looks suspiciously like the A Hard Day's Night LP cover, with the title "A Bart Day's Night".
Goofs
- When the kids are complaining about community service, Lisa's voice is heard but her mouth never opens.
- When Bart and the elderly board the Boat, the Sea Captain says "Not a looker in the bunch." Later on when Mr Burns' yacht crashes into the boat, Lisa asks how could the Sea Captain not see the yacht to which he proclaims "Two Glass eyes", this being the case, he wouldn't be able to of seen the elderly to begin with.
