Clown V. Board of Education/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 34 Episode References
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Cultural references

• The episode title is a possible reference to Brown v. Board of Education.
• Krusty and Sideshow Mel perform a parody of Romeo and Juliet.
• Krusty says "To pie, or not to pie? That is no question!", a parody of the line "To be, or not to be", the opening line of Hamlet.
• The network executive says that kids prefer TikTok and InstaGram.
• One of the clowns mentions that parents found out Ovaltine was just sugared mud.
• Scuzzo says that all the clowns have gotten out of being TV clowns, and lists the cast of The View as among them. The picture of the cast included: Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Ana Navarro, Joy Behar, and Sunny Hostin.
• Krusty bought an elephant from Barnum & Bailey's after an unfavorable documentary about them aired.
• Lisa was reading the book You Aren't There God, I Give Up, Margaret, a parody of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
• The In Memorial segment also featured Alec Guinness and Carol Channing.
• Rainier Wolfcastle tells Dieter that he'll get him a new Lamborghini.
• The wall of Great Educators in The Herschel Krustofsky School for the Clowing Arts has pictures of:
  • Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori.
  • Gabe Kotter, from the TV series Welcome Back, Kotter.
  • Jack Black, who played Dewey Finn in the movie School of Rock.
  • Michelle Pfeiffer, who played LouAnne Johnson in Dangerous Minds.
  • Clip It, a parody of Clippy, the Microsoft Office Assistant.
• The kids in the clown music class perform "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa.
• Dieter Wolfcastle performs "Yakety Sax" by Boots Randolph during Talent Night.
• Louie drives a Nissan Leaf.

Trivia

• Maggie doesn't appear in the episode.
• The check that Rainier Wolfcastle hands Krusty has the date 05/14/2023 on, the same day the episode aired in the USA.
• Krusty says that Hyman Krustofsky lived to be 97.

Continuity

• Krusto is seen at Mussel & Flanks with the other clowns. ("Not It")
• One of the pictures on the wall of Mussel & Flanks is of Tootso. ("Krusty the Clown")

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