Difference between revisions of "A Star Is Born Again/References"
Wikisimpsons - The Simpsons Wiki
Mythigator (talk | contribs) (→Cultural references: The IP was actually correct, but we could have done without the link.. This should be more suitable.) |
Mythigator (talk | contribs) m (→Cultural references: shortening the addition a little) |
||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
*This episode is a parody of the 1999 film ''{{w|Notting Hill (film)|Notting Hill}}''. | *This episode is a parody of the 1999 film ''{{w|Notting Hill (film)|Notting Hill}}''. | ||
*The episode title is a play on the 1937 film ''{{w|A Star Is Born (1937 film)|A Star Is Born}}''. | *The episode title is a play on the 1937 film ''{{w|A Star Is Born (1937 film)|A Star Is Born}}''. | ||
| − | *The episode title is also a play on the | + | *The episode title is also a play on the term "born again", which means to have a personal conversion experience, as the plot is centered around [[Ned Flanders]] and the "born again" experience is a key component of his faith. |
*After [[Sara Sloane]] visits the [[Leftorium]] and makes a date with [[Ned]], he sings a song with the lyrics "I've got a date with a girl with no name", parodying the song "{{w|A Horse with No Name}}" by {{w|America (band)|America}}. | *After [[Sara Sloane]] visits the [[Leftorium]] and makes a date with [[Ned]], he sings a song with the lyrics "I've got a date with a girl with no name", parodying the song "{{w|A Horse with No Name}}" by {{w|America (band)|America}}. | ||
*Sara's name is probably a pun on actress {{w|Sharon Stone}}, to whom she bears a slight resemblance. | *Sara's name is probably a pun on actress {{w|Sharon Stone}}, to whom she bears a slight resemblance. | ||
Revision as of 09:22, September 27, 2014
Cultural references
- This episode is a parody of the 1999 film Notting Hill.
- The episode title is a play on the 1937 film A Star Is Born.
- The episode title is also a play on the term "born again", which means to have a personal conversion experience, as the plot is centered around Ned Flanders and the "born again" experience is a key component of his faith.
- After Sara Sloane visits the Leftorium and makes a date with Ned, he sings a song with the lyrics "I've got a date with a girl with no name", parodying the song "A Horse with No Name" by America.
- Sara's name is probably a pun on actress Sharon Stone, to whom she bears a slight resemblance.
- When Helen Fielding runs around being chased by bobbies and a man in a gorilla suit (following the book club meeting and the end of the episode), it is an homage to the UK sketch comedy The Benny Hill Show. The music featured in the background of the sequences, "Yakety Sax", is the same music used in that series.
- Ned says that Sara's movie is starting to get like "SpongeBob NoPants", a reference to the television show SpongeBob SquarePants.
- When the paparazzi talk to the Cher-crow one of them asks "Is it true that your daughter is gay?". Referencing the fact that Cher's daughter had a sex change.
Trivia
- Seen across the mall from Ned's Leftorium are the businesses 'I Can't Believe It's a Law Firm!', 'Expensive Coffee In Little Cups' and 'Something Wicker This Way Comes'.
- Homer's lip sync from his response to Ned Flanders' "milk for free" saying is also off.
- Lenny's lip sync is off after admitting he's selling Sara's autograph on eBay.
- Helen Fielding and the policemen run into a house at the end of Evergreen Terrace - but when they do they are the height of the house.
Notes
- Originally, Sara's line after Ned starts a fight with the director was "Katherine Hepburn never showed her breasts". In an airing in on August 27, 2003 it was changed to Angela Lansbury because Katherine Hepburn died months after this episode was shown. In UK airings, the original line is present.
- James L. Brooks is credited as Jim Brooks for his appearance.
