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*Marge says that Homer lost $40 by not going into work that day. Suppose Homer works an average 8 hour shift, that means Homer makes $5 an hour. | *Marge says that Homer lost $40 by not going into work that day. Suppose Homer works an average 8 hour shift, that means Homer makes $5 an hour. | ||
*Bart reads ''Bad Boys Life'' magazine. | *Bart reads ''Bad Boys Life'' magazine. | ||
| − | *Allison has an autographed picture of Bleeding Gums Murphy in her room. | + | *Allison has an autographed picture of [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]] in her room. |
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==Cultural references== | ==Cultural references== | ||
*The scene where a federal agent confronts [[Milhouse]] at a dam is identical to a scene from the 1993 movie [[wikipedia:The_Fugitive_(1993_film)|''The Fugitive'']]. The agent resembles {{w|Tommy Lee Jones}}' character and uses he signature line "I don't care." | *The scene where a federal agent confronts [[Milhouse]] at a dam is identical to a scene from the 1993 movie [[wikipedia:The_Fugitive_(1993_film)|''The Fugitive'']]. The agent resembles {{w|Tommy Lee Jones}}' character and uses he signature line "I don't care." | ||
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Trivia
- Marge says that Homer lost $40 by not going into work that day. Suppose Homer works an average 8 hour shift, that means Homer makes $5 an hour.
- Bart reads Bad Boys Life magazine.
- Allison has an autographed picture of Bleeding Gums Murphy in her room.
Cultural references
- The scene where a federal agent confronts Milhouse at a dam is identical to a scene from the 1993 movie The Fugitive. The agent resembles Tommy Lee Jones' character and uses he signature line "I don't care."
- Marge is seen reading (and fantasizing about) a romance novel titled Love in the Time of Scurvy, which is a reference to Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez.
- Homer's "In America" speech while guarding his sugar pile comes from Scarface.
- His line "Oh what a world!" when the sugar melts was used by Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz.
- Ralph's diorama contest entry is just original Star Wars action figures: his collection includes Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Chewbacca.[1]
- Lisa's hiding of The Tell-Tale Heart diorama under the gym floorboards is a parody of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart".
- The speech patterns of the beekeeper voiced by Hank Azaria are based on Adam West's portrayal of Batman.
- Lisa's nightmare features her playing in a band with famous backup artists: Art Garfunkel, John Oates and Jim Messina.
DVD Information
- The Complete Sixth Season Disc 1
- Run time: 21:56
- Scene selection
- Main title
- "Out of the way, brain queen!"
- "Those are prizes?"
- "Born to runner-up"
- "The important thing is that we survived"
- End credits
- Audio commentary featuring Matt Groening, David Mirkin, Mike Scully, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, and Mark Kirkland.
References
- ↑ Scott Chernoff. "I Bent My Wookiee! Celebrating the Star Wars/Simpsons Connection"Star Wars.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
