Insane Clown Poppy/References
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a pun on the hip-hop group Insane Clown Posse.
- Krusty's walk through the desert storm mimics The French Lieutenant's Woman.
- Stephen King tells Marge that he's working on a biography of Benjamin Franklin where Franklin uses electricity to "torture small animals and green mountain men." The latter is a reference to the Green Mountain Boys, a militia organization led by Ethan Allen which fought in the American Revolutionary War.
- The poetry that Christopher Walken reads to a group of children is from Goodnight Moon, a real-life children's book.
- Krusty's books are written by his ghostwriter John Updike (who says he has another name).
- The sand castle that Ned Flanders and his sons are building is very similar to the Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul in Marseille.
- Krusty's car is a Porsche 911 90s version.
Continuity
- Goodnight Moon is parodied in the comic story Goodnight Buffoon.
- Don Vittorio appears at the mafia summit. "Homie the Clown"
Goofs
- When Lisa is standing at the microphone, her necklace is white. When she is badmouthed, the camera zooms in on her face, and her necklace is red.
- In the shot of Legs and another gangster shooting at each other, Legs has Joey's colors.
