Life on the Fast Lane/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Credits

Quotes

	Season 1 Episode References
← 008 "The Telltale Head"	009 "Life on the Fast Lane"	"Homer's Night Out" 010 →

Cultural references

• The title is a pun on The Eagles' song "Life in the Fast Lane". The initial title ("Bjorn To Be Wild") was meant to be a play on Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild".
• The scene near the end parodies the film "An Officer and a Gentleman" and contains the same music.

Trivia

• As with "Bart the General", the opening sequence was shortened due to the length of the episode. This means this episode has no chalkboard gag and couch gag.
• The original title of this episode was "Bjórn to Be Wild". This is because it called for Albert Brooks to voice Bjórn, a Swedish tennis instructor, but Matt Groening thought it would be better to make Brooks' character French.
• The moon is seen to have three craters on it, much like a bowling ball when Jacques is dropping Marge off.
• Jacques takes Marge to Shorty's Coffee Shop for brunch.
• Albert Brooks is credited under the name "A. Brooks" in this episode, as with all his other appearances on The Simpsons.
• Marge's shoe size is 13 AA.
• Matt Groening once stated that this episode was his favorite. His actual favorite is "Bart the Daredevil".
• Jacques appears again in The Simpsons' seventh season episode "Team Homer" and makes a brief cameo as a bowler in the past in "And Maggie Makes Three". He also appears in the "Do the Bartman" music video dancing with various women.

Goofs

Marge with white pearls

• In the scene where Marge is next to Homer at work, the pink big line on the top of his tie flips to the opposite side for a split second, and then flips back to normal.
• If Marge is thirty-four, this would mean she gave birth to Bart, now ten, when she was twenty-four. This is inconsistent with most flashbacks to Homer and Marge's earlier lives.
• The filling of Homer's sandwich changes from green to purple.
• Depending on the scene, the label of the French Perfume bottle changes between blue, purple, and red.
• When Marge is talking to Patty on the phone, Marge's pearls are white instead of red.

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Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire • Bart the Genius • Homer's Odyssey • There's No Disgrace Like Home • Bart the General • Moaning Lisa • The Call of the Simpsons • The Telltale Head • Life on the Fast Lane • Homer's Night Out • The Crepes of Wrath • Krusty Gets Busted • Some Enchanted Evening