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== Cultural references ==
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[[File:Bart and Laura dance.png|thumb|250px|Bart and Laura's dance is a parody of the dancing in the film ''{{W|Top Hat}}''.]]
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*The name of this episode is a reference to the early '90s boy band, {{W|New Kids on the Block}}.
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*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.
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*The name of [[The Frying Dutchman]] is a reference to the legendary ghost ship, the ''{{W|Flying Dutchman}}''.
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*During The Frying Dutchman advert and scenes at the restaurant, "{{W|The Sailor's Hornpipe}}" is heard.
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*According to [[Ruth Powers]], a ''[[Time]]'' cover story called [[Springfield]] "America's worst city."
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*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]]''.
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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."
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*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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*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}}''.
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*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}}.
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*[[Lionel Hutz]] took on a fraudulent advertising case against the film ''{{W2|The NeverEnding Story|film}}''.
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*[[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."
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*According to the newspaper, the {{W|Mostly Mozart Festival}}, a classical music festival, was in town.
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*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]]''.
  
 
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*In the flashback when [[Jimbo]] puts [[Bart]]'s head in the toilet, [[Bart]]'s shirt is green (rather than the usual orange).
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*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.
*According to [[Bart]]'s phone call to [[Moe's]], the [[Simpsons]] original address was 1094 [[Evergreen Terrace]], instead of 742.
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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".
*[[Bart]] says "Can't a guy's skin look it's yellowest" though in future and past episodes the [[Simpsons]] refer to other yellow people's skin as "white".
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*In the flashback when [[Jimbo]] puts [[Bart]]'s head in the toilet, [[Bart]]'s shirt is green rather than the usual orange.
*The shot of [[Homer]] drooling at the commercial for [[The Frying Dutchman]] is recycled from [[Bart's Friend Falls in Love|''Bart's Friend Falls in Love'']] and is mirror flipped in this episode.
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*{{Ch|Wes Archer}} and {{Ch|Rich Moore}} are among the people bringing letters to [[Santa Claus]] into the courtroom.
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*According to Bart's phone call to [[Moe's]], the Simpsons original address was 1094 [[Evergreen Terrace]], instead of 742.
  
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== Continuity ==
*The name of this episode may be a reference to a song by the [[wikipedia:Barenaked Ladies|Barenaked Ladies]], ''New Kid on the Block''.
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*A picture of [[Bea Simmons]] is seen in the retirement home. ("[[Old Money]]")
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== Goofs ==
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*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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Latest revision as of 21:02, December 27, 2025

References/Trivia


Season 4 Episode References
066 "Marge Gets a Job"
067
"New Kid on the Block"
"Mr. Plow" 068


Cultural references[edit]

Bart and Laura's dance is a parody of the dancing in the film Top Hat.

Trivia[edit]

  • 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".
  • In the flashback when Jimbo puts Bart's head in the toilet, Bart's shirt is green rather than the usual orange.
  • Wes Archer and 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.

Continuity[edit]

Goofs[edit]

  • When Homer is eating and Horatio McCallister is trying to attract people, three people go in. In the next shot, the people are outside.
Season 4 References
Kamp Krusty A Streetcar Named Marge Homer the Heretic Lisa the Beauty Queen Treehouse of Horror III Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie Marge Gets a Job New Kid on the Block Mr. Plow Lisa's First Word Homer's Triple Bypass Marge vs. the Monorail Selma's Choice Brother from the Same Planet I Love Lisa Duffless Last Exit to Springfield So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show The Front Whacking Day Marge in Chains Krusty Gets Kancelled