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*The episode reveals that [[Jimbo Jones]]'s real name is "Corky" and that [[Seymour Skinner|Principal Skinner]]'s mother's first name is [[Agnes]]. | *The episode reveals that [[Jimbo Jones]]'s real name is "Corky" and that [[Seymour Skinner|Principal Skinner]]'s mother's first name is [[Agnes]]. | ||
*There has been more than one [[Hortense Simpson|Aunt Hortense]] in the Simpson and Bouvier families. In the Season 2 episode "Bart Gets Hit By A Car," Bart is on an escalator to Heaven and he sees an old lady on a cloud and says, "Aunt Hortense!" | *There has been more than one [[Hortense Simpson|Aunt Hortense]] in the Simpson and Bouvier families. In the Season 2 episode "Bart Gets Hit By A Car," Bart is on an escalator to Heaven and he sees an old lady on a cloud and says, "Aunt Hortense!" | ||
| − | *People sitting on the stage | + | *The seltzer-spraying garden fountain on [[Krusty]]'s estate is of Krusty in dance pose and showing him wearing ballet slippers. |
| + | *People sitting on the stage at Krusty's funeral include: [[Sideshow Raheem]], [[Tina Ballerina]], [[Mr. Teeny]], {{Ch|Luke Perry}}, and [[Corporal Punishment]]. | ||
*At Krusty's funeral, one of the people attending is writer {{Ch|John Swartzwelder}} with a [[Kermit the Frog]] puppet on his hand. | *At Krusty's funeral, one of the people attending is writer {{Ch|John Swartzwelder}} with a [[Kermit the Frog]] puppet on his hand. | ||
| + | *Krusty's epitaph is the ominously unsettling "See Ya Real Soon, Kids!" | ||
| + | *The wreath behind the microphone has the ironic inscription "Krusty-You can never be replaced" sent by "LAFS," and giving their phone number. | ||
| + | *Bart wears a black armband in mourning. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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Cultural References
- The song Handsome Pete is shown playing is The Sailor's Hornpipe. This piece of music is widely recognized as the theme from the world's longest-running children's TV series, British children's magazine show Blue Peter, which started in 1958 and is still going to this day, via the BBC.
- The appearance and speaking characteristics, including the laugh, of the representative of the Cayman Islands Offshore Holding Corporation are modeled on Sydney Greenstreet.
- The popcorn Krusty is cooking on the stove is Jiffy Pop
- Bart's flip book check series is of the Hindenburg disaster; the title of the series is "Oh the Humanity", the iconic phrase spoken by Herbert Morrison (announcer) describing it in the live newscast at the time.
- Krusty's plane, "i'm-on-a-Rolla Gay" is a reference to the Enola Gay, the name of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
- The song Krusty mentions that contains lyrics like "When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie," and to which he did not have rights, is "That's Amore".
- Captain McCallister says "Yarr, I got some customers. Call me back, Ishmael"; a reference to the opening line of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael."
Trivia
- The episode reveals that Jimbo Jones's real name is "Corky" and that Principal Skinner's mother's first name is Agnes.
- There has been more than one Aunt Hortense in the Simpson and Bouvier families. In the Season 2 episode "Bart Gets Hit By A Car," Bart is on an escalator to Heaven and he sees an old lady on a cloud and says, "Aunt Hortense!"
- The seltzer-spraying garden fountain on Krusty's estate is of Krusty in dance pose and showing him wearing ballet slippers.
- People sitting on the stage at Krusty's funeral include: Sideshow Raheem, Tina Ballerina, Mr. Teeny, Luke Perry, and Corporal Punishment.
- At Krusty's funeral, one of the people attending is writer John Swartzwelder with a Kermit the Frog puppet on his hand.
- Krusty's epitaph is the ominously unsettling "See Ya Real Soon, Kids!"
- The wreath behind the microphone has the ironic inscription "Krusty-You can never be replaced" sent by "LAFS," and giving their phone number.
- Bart wears a black armband in mourning.
Continuity
- In "The Funeral" Homer said "this is the last funeral we're going to". They have since attended:
Goofs
- In the promo picture with Bob Newhart, Kent Brockman has brown hair.
