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*This episode aired in March 1995 to coincide with the premiere of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Critic The Critic]'' on FOX. ''The Critic'' would be cancelled two months later in May 1995. | *This episode aired in March 1995 to coincide with the premiere of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Critic The Critic]'' on FOX. ''The Critic'' would be cancelled two months later in May 1995. | ||
*[[Jon Lovitz]] speaks in the DVD commentary for the episode. He also talks about his one similarity with [[Jay Sherman]]: His testicular size. | *[[Jon Lovitz]] speaks in the DVD commentary for the episode. He also talks about his one similarity with [[Jay Sherman]]: His testicular size. | ||
| + | *A deleted scene shows the residents of [[Springfield Retirement Castle]] making a risque movie titled ''[[What the Pool Boy Saw]]'' to enter in the [[Springfield Film Festival]]. | ||
{{Season 6 R}} | {{Season 6 R}} | ||
[[Category:References]] | [[Category:References]] | ||
[[Category:Cultural references]] | [[Category:Cultural references]] | ||
[[Category:Trivia]] | [[Category:Trivia]] | ||
Revision as of 17:55, August 30, 2010
Cultural References
- The episode title is a pun on the 1976 Barbra Streisand film A Star Is Born.
- At the beginning of Mr. Burns' first appearance in this episode, the Imperial March from Star Wars is played.
- Burns says he wants Señor Spielbergo to do for him what Steven Spielberg did for Oskar Schindler, a reference to the 1993 film Schindler's List.
- The desert sequence in Mr. Burns' film is a parody of Ben-Hur, although the line, "You truly are the King of Kings," may be a recasting of a similar line delivered by John Wayne in the movie King of Kings, where in a cameo as a centurion, he says, "Truly, this man was the Son of God."
- Barney's film is (unfortunately) entitled Pukahontas, a pun on the 1995 Disney animated movie Pocahontas.
- When Jay Sherman first comes into the Simpsons' house, Bart is watching a Flintstones-Jetsons crossover cartoon special (A parody of The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones). He criticizes the crossover special despite the episode being a crossover special itself.
Trivia
- Matt Groening was reportedly against the idea of a crossover, and demanded his name be removed from the episode.
- This episode aired in March 1995 to coincide with the premiere of The Critic on FOX. The Critic would be cancelled two months later in May 1995.
- Jon Lovitz speaks in the DVD commentary for the episode. He also talks about his one similarity with Jay Sherman: His testicular size.
- A deleted scene shows the residents of Springfield Retirement Castle making a risque movie titled What the Pool Boy Saw to enter in the Springfield Film Festival.
