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*The episode title is a reference to the film ''{{W2|The Man Who Knew Too Much|1956 film}}''. | *The episode title is a reference to the film ''{{W2|The Man Who Knew Too Much|1956 film}}''. | ||
| + | *Part of the episode is based on the 1993 film {{W2|Alive|1993 film}}. Marge watched the [[Alive!|movie]] in "[[Fear of Flying]]". | ||
*The couch gag shows [[Twitter|tweets]] from @Springfield. | *The couch gag shows [[Twitter|tweets]] from @Springfield. | ||
*"[[Bowling to the Moon]]" is a parody of "{{W|Fly Me to the Moon}}" by [[Frank Sinatra]] and it plays during [[Homer]]'s dream at the start. | *"[[Bowling to the Moon]]" is a parody of "{{W|Fly Me to the Moon}}" by [[Frank Sinatra]] and it plays during [[Homer]]'s dream at the start. | ||
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a reference to the film The Man Who Knew Too Much.
- Part of the episode is based on the 1993 film Alive. Marge watched the movie in "Fear of Flying".
- The couch gag shows tweets from @Springfield.
- "Bowling to the Moon" is a parody of "Fly Me to the Moon" by Frank Sinatra and it plays during Homer's dream at the start.
- Kent Brockman says that Springfield's Super Bowlers are garnering tremendous pin-terest.
- At the cerimony the band plays "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow". A modified version is sung by the people at the church at the end.
- Blackhawk Dead is a reference to the book Black Hawk Down.
- Moe tells Bart he'll go Rimskij-Korsakov on him.
- Moe mentions the Buffalo Bills games.
- Moe asks Barney who made him Optimist Prime, a reference to Optimus Prime.
- Homer mentions the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow and the Tin Man from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
- Mona appears to Homer to be in Hell with Machiavelli, Che Guevara, Casanova,
- The scene where Homer frees himself from the snow is based on the opening of the comic The Amazing Spider-Man n. 33.[1]
- Four funerals and a funeral is a reference to the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral.
- Fausto's fate is based on Beck Weathers.[2]
Continuity
- The couch gag account @Springfield has a born date of January 14, 1990, the date of the very first couch gag. ("Bart the Genius")
- The couch gag tweet refers to the ferris wheel couch gag. ("Left Behind")
- Pin Pals appear. ("Team Homer")
- Fausto appears. ("The Wife Aquatic")
- Ned reads a book called "Holy Rollers a history of Christian bowling. ("Team Homer")
Goofs
- Carl's body proportion when he clung for his life above the hole are wrong, and the whole episode's animation in general looked weird.
Trivia
- During the Gracie Films gag, a bowling strike is heard.
