The Last of the Red Hat Mamas/References
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Cultural references[edit]
- The episode's title is a play on "The Last of the Red-Hot Mamas", the nickname of American singer and actress Sophie Tucker.
- Hugs Bunny, the referee of the Springfield Easter Celebration, is an obvious pun on Bugs Bunny from Looney Tunes. Mrs. Quimby also mimics Elmer Fudd's speech impediment in introducing Hugs.
- During his fight with Hugs Bunny, Homer remarks, "Silly rabbit. Kicks are for ribs!" This is a play on the catchphrase "Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!" for the children's breakfast cereal Trix.
- The song "Music to Watch Girls By" by Sid Ramin is heard when Mrs. Quimby activates the switch to call the Mayor's Chief of Staff and security.
- Mrs. Quimby is now voiced by Tress MacNeille instead of Maggie Roswell and based the voice on Barbara Walters.
- Mayor Quimby's office is styled after the White House Oval Office. Mrs. Quimby's trip around the mayor's office is vaguely reminiscent of a spoken word track on the record The First Family, wherein Mrs. Kennedy led the paparazzi around the White House, leaving everything "just the way it is."
- Sherri and Terri refer to Romulus and Remus when Lisa says she wants to visit Rome.
- A 2001 BMW car is "not on sale" on the notice board.
- R.E.M.'s 1993 hit "Everybody Hurts" is heard when Marge spends time alone.
- The Cheery Red Tomatoes are a parody of the Red Hat Society, an international social organization that was founded in 1998 in the United States for women age 50 and beyond, but now open to women of all ages.
- The sign of the Vic Tayback Hotel & Casino portrays American actor Vic Tayback in the clothes of Mel Sharples, the diner owner on the television sitcom Alice.
- When Lisa and Milhouse go to Springfield's Little Italy, Milhouse acts like Don Fanucci from The Godfather Part II. His clothes in that scene are similar, too.
- The ladies plan to steal twelve Fabergé eggs Mr. Burns holds in his manor.
- Homer thinks Marge forgot her copy of a Peterson Field Guides on birds. The Peterson Field Guides are a popular and influential series of American field guides intended to assist the layman in identification of birds, plants, insects, and other natural phenomena.
- When briefly reading the guide, Homer discovers that roadrunners are real, indirectly referring to the Road Runner from Looney Tunes.
- While brushing her hair in the mirror, Lisa sings a modified version of "La donna è mobile" from Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto.
- Eddie's animated style of traffic direction is likely a reference to Tony Lepore, the "Dancing Cop" of Providence, Rhode Island.
- Agnes Skinner dated Mr. Burns during the Great Depression.
- Homer's line, "Game over, man! Game over!" when the police arrive at Burns' mansion echoes Hudson's line from the movie Aliens.
- The very next episode ("The Italian Bob"), the Simpson family goes to Italy. Lisa speaks some Italian in that episode.
- It's revealed in this episode that Luigi can't speak Italian, only "fractured English" (with an Italian accent), which his parents spoke at home.
Continuity[edit]
- When Homer pulls out the folder, "Mansion" is misspelled as "Manson".
- The blueprint on the wall during the planning of the heist misspells Burns' name as "Bwrns."
