Difference between revisions of "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses/References"

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Cultural references

• The title is a reference to Days of Wine and Roses.
• Bart and Lisa try to take a picture of some dogs playing poker. This is a reference to the Dogs Playing Poker oil paintings.
• The "12 steps" Homer talks about at the Alcoholics Anonymous meeting refer to Twelve-step program, the path established by the American Psychological Association for alcohol addiction detox.

Trivia

• As the mail lady drops Moe's mail through the mail slot, we see that his address is 57 Walnut Street.
• Susan from "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" is one of the attendees at the A.A. meeting.
• The windsocks are blowing in two different directions at the Springfield Flight School.
• The blackboard at the A.A. meeting reads: "Tonight - Things To Do With Your Hands At Parties".
• Bart said at school that he was touched "there" by an angel (and for this he took the punishment on the board).
• The alcoholics anonymous present in the meeting with Barney and Homer are: Lindsey Naegle (director), Kent Brockman, Bernice Hibbert, Gil Gunderson (who participates not because an alcoholic addict but to introduce a company for the disposal of motor oil), Kirk Van Houten, Rainier Wolfcastle, an unidentified man and woman.
• when Barney declares himself an addicted alcoholic, he does so to the A.A.A. (American Automobile Association) and not the A.A. (Alcoholics Anonymous).

Continuity

• Items seen in the Simpsons' closet:
  • Homer's Mr. Plow jacket from "Mr. Plow"
  • Grampa's Emmy from "The Front"
  • Homer's boxing gloves from "The Homer They Fall"
  • The town crier three-corner hat and bell from "Lisa the Iconoclast"
  • Marge's Civil War doll/liquor bottle from "Homer's Phobia"
  • Homer's cowboy hat from "Colonel Homer"
  • A bottle of Spiffy from "Saturdays of Thunder".
  • The Mr. Sparkle box from "In Marge We Trust"
  • Homer's space helmet from "Deep Space Homer".
• Bernice Hibbert is in attendance at the A.A. meeting. Her alcohol problem was first brought up in "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment".
• Bart and Lisa can see the defunct monorail ("Marge vs. the Monorail") from Mt. Springfield.
• When Barney announces he's quitting drinking, Moe says, "To stay afloat, this bar's gonna have to go queer." Moe's Tavern actually gets a gay-friendly makeover in "Flaming Moe".

Goofs

• The number of chairs in the bar change from four chairs (when Moe wants Homer to be the new Barney) to three (when Homer dances).
• In the bar when Moe puts the helicopter lessons card on the bar table, the card is floating in the air.
• At the end of "Marge vs. the Monorail", the Springfield Monorail was anchored to a donut shop; however, in this episode, it is crashed identically to the North Haverbrook Monorail.