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**Major T. J. "King" Kong from ''{{W|Dr. Strangelove}}''. | **Major T. J. "King" Kong from ''{{W|Dr. Strangelove}}''. | ||
**[[John Swartzwelder]], former writer, producer and consultant for ''[[The Simpsons]]''. | **[[John Swartzwelder]], former writer, producer and consultant for ''[[The Simpsons]]''. | ||
| + | *The song playing while Bart and Diggs are having fun is "Come Saturday Morning" by The Sandpipers | ||
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Cultural references
- The episode is a parody of Catcher in the Rye.[1]
- Marge says the mental hospital Diggs is staying at is an Arkham Asylum type of place referencing Arkham Asylum from the DC Comics.
- Some of the names on Diggs's cast:
- Cthulhu
- TARDIS and Dalek #7 from Doctor Who.
- Alan Turing, inventor of the Turing Machine.
- Phineas Fogg, most likely intended to be Phileas Fogg from Around the World in Eighty Days.
- Kilgore Trout, a fictional character created by writer Kurt Vonnegut.
- Oedipa Maas and Dr. Hilarius from The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon.
- Allan Quatermain from King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard.
- Clare Quilty from Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.
- Brinker Hadley from A Separate Peace.
- William Wharton, an author.
- Stephen Dedalus, James Joyce's literary alter-ego.
- Major T. J. "King" Kong from Dr. Strangelove.
- John Swartzwelder, former writer, producer and consultant for The Simpsons.
- The song playing while Bart and Diggs are having fun is "Come Saturday Morning" by The Sandpipers
Continuity
- Bart once again displays his ability to swallow various inedible objects "They Saved Lisa's Brain".
References
