Difference between revisions of "Lady Bouvier's Lover/References"

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Cultural references[edit]

• The episode title is a pun on D. H. Lawrence's 1928 novel Lady Chatterly's Lover.
• The Monkeytown Philharmonic play "The Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss II on the kazoo.
• During Abe and Jacqueline Bouvier's conversation, Abe proposes applying "Lister's Carbolic Unguent" on Maggie. This is a pun on English medical scientist Joseph Lister and the carbolic acid (not unguent), which Lister introduced as a steriliser for surgical instruments and patients' skins.
• Bart, Lisa, Milhouse, and the rest of the family sing "The Dogs Kids Love to Bite" by Buck Warnick, an iconic 1967 advertising jingle for Armour Hot Dogs.
  • Homer is seen carrying a Armour^TM ad sign.
• The family also sing "I Feel Like Chicken Tonight", the 1992 commercial song for the brand of sauce Chicken Tonight.
• Abe, Jacqueline and the passengers on The Seniorville Trolley are worried of missing Matlock on TV.
  • The Seniorville Trolley is a reference to the Toonerville Trolley.
• Marge takes a Ross Perot pamphlet away from Homer, referencing Perot's reputation for policy-heavy campaign materials and visual aids during his 1992 presidential campaign.
• Hal Roach Apartments are a reference to American film and television producer Hal Roach, whose career spanned more than 80 years.
• At P. Piggly Hogswine's Super-Smörg, Abe re-enacts the forks with potatoes for legs and feet scene from Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush, before the Blue-haired lawyer shows up and says he cannot allow the unauthorised imitation.
• According to Jacqueline, her friends were American novelist Zelda Fitzgerald, actress Frances Farmer, and poet and author Sylvia Plath.
• On the Impulse Buying Network (IBN), Troy McClure starred in:
  • The Boatjacking of Supership 79, a pun on the 1979 American disaster film The Concorde... Airport '79.
  • Hydro, the Man with the Hydraulic Arms, a pun on the 1963 American science fiction horror film X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes.
• Homer has a Visa credit card.
• Homer wrote letters to American singer and actor Frank Sinatra.

Comic Book Guy shows Bart a drawing of Snagglepuss from The Quick Draw McGraw Show

• Comic Book Guy shows Bart a drawing of Snagglepuss from The Quick Draw McGraw Show.
• Comic Book Guy offers a telephone shaped like Mary Worth, the title character of the comic strip of the same name.
• Red Breem and His Band of Some Esteem play "Moonlight Serenade" by Glenn Miller when Abe and Jacqueine are dancing.
  • The song is later played by Abe at the First Church of Springfield.
  • Red Breem and His Band of Some Esteem is a pun on Les Brown and His Band of Renown.
• When Mr. Burns asks Jacqueline to dance, Red Breem starts playing Benny Goodman's hit "Sing, Sing, Sing", composed by Louis Prima.
• The sequence where Abe walks under the lights on the sidewalk parodies the ending of the 1954 television series The Jimmy Durante Show, including Jimmy Durante's trademark sign-off, "Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are", which Abe parodies by saying "Good night, Mrs. Bouvier, wherever you are".
• Mr. Burns gives a flower to former US President Bill Clinton.
• Smithers tells Burns that Homer, Marge, and Maggie were Fred, Wilma, and Pebbles, respectively, from The Flintstones.
  • Homer imitates Fred's catchphrase, "yabba dabba doo!".
• Mr. Burns calls Bart "Pee-wee", the comey character from the TV series Pee-wee's Playhouse.
• With the $350 Homer got back, he plans to buy 70 transcripts of ABC News' late-night television news program Nightline.
• Marge compares Abe to American actor Judge Reinhold.
• The Venus de Milo is on the sign of Venus Bridal Salon which, at the same time, is "not affiliated" with the planet Venus.
• The "Bridal Chorus" by Richard Wagner is heard during the wedding.
• The episode's ending scene, where Abe crashes Jacqueline and Mr. Burns' wedding, is a spoof of the 1967 film The Graduate.
• During the credits:
  • The song "The Sound of Grampa" is a parody of "The Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel.
  • According to Abe, he owned a Victrola phonograph.
  • Abe mentions Linseed oil and doctor Norman Shumway.

Trivia[edit]

• The Itchy & Scratchy cell that Bart buys is limited edition of 800,000.
• Troy McClure appears on IBN, the Impulse Buying Network.
• The animation cell rolled in cardboard has DO NOT ROLL stamped on it.
• The sign at Springfield Community Center reads: "Today: Senior Citizens Swing Dance; Tomorrow: Cat Spay-A-Thon"
• Homer, Marge, Grampa & Mrs. Bouvier dine at P. Piggly Hogswine's Super-Smorg.
• The sign outside the church reads: "Private Wedding; Please Worship Elsewhere"
• Mrs. Bouvier resides at Hal Roach Apartments - Retirement Living in the Heart of the Cementary District.
• A tape recorder can be seen between the floors of the Simpson home.
• This is the second time where Alex Rocco does not voice Roger Meyers, Jr., this time he was voiced by Hank Azaria
• For his date, Grampa is wearing black spats with white shoes.
• Sign on the Venus Bridal Salon: "Not affiliated with the planet Venus."

Goofs[edit]

• When Bart looks through the mail slot, the delivery man with the animation cell has yellow skin, and is wearing a light brown shirt with dark brown pants. But when Bart steps out he has darker skin, and is wearing a blue jumpsuit. He still has the darker skin color when he punches Bart, but in the next shot he has yellow skin again.