Lost Verizon/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on Lost Horizon and a reference to Verizon Communications.
• Inga-Bar Beerman is a reference of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman.
• Crocodile Dunkee's is a parody of Crocodile Dundee.
• Principal Skinner crosses the freeway in a similar fashion to the game Frogger.
• The Allied Peas mascot is a parody of the Jolly Green Giant.
• Bart, Nelson and Milhouse eat grilled Twizzlers.
• Denis Leary is seen wearing a Boston Red Sox baseball cap. In real life, Leary is a big Red Sox fan.
• Bart uses Leary's phone to order a New York Yankees hat and Derek Jeter jersey, much to Leary's annoyance (see above).
• Thanks to one of Bart's pranks, Leary appears in the movie adaptation of the children's book Everybody Poops as a constipated gorilla.
• The song playing when Bart is collecting golf balls is "Workin' Man Blues" by Merle Haggard.

Trivia

• Dr. Nick reappears in this episode, even though he appeared to have died in The Simpsons Movie.