Capsule submission for DABF21, Helter Shelter

Did you notice...

...the peacocks walking around in the skybox?

...the skybox towels have Mr. Burns' monogram on them?

Movie (and other) references:

"a bug's life" (movie)

• "a bug's death" exterminators a play on the movie title

"King of the Hill" (TV series)

- The events when the Simpsons are standing outside of their tent-covered house directly parody the KotH opening credits

"The Mike O'Malley Show" (TV series)

• Short lived TV sitcom. (Someone else probably has more details.)

"1900 House" (TV series)

- Reality show on PBS that placed a 1999 family into a Victorian-era house. The family was only allowed to use amenities and products that existed circa 1900.

"Wuthering Heights" (book)

• Homer tells Marge that he'll "Wuther your heights."

Previous episode references

[AABF23] Homer: "Where's that kid with my latte??"

Animation, continuity, and other goofs

Why do the Simpsons, after [2F05] "Lisa on Ice," suddenly hate hockey?

["Katijaikat"; Mon, 02 Dec 2002 01:41:13 GMT]

And it's design too.

["Katijaikat"; Mon, 02 Dec 2002 01:41:13 GMT]

Did you notice that Comic Book Guy referred to the family as "our favorite family"? Hmmm.

I noticed, but I didn't know whether that was such a big deal or not, depending on whether you take this as a reference to a.t.s. or just a meta in general. The names of the official "encyclopedic" books of the episodes also use the phrase- i.e. "A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family."

"Katijaikat" wrote in message news:[email]...

favorite

depending

It's not.

the

Exactly. alt.tv.simpsons has nothing to do with it.

Get over yourselves losers.

["C-C-C-Cainman"; Mon, 02 Dec 2002 15:37:21 GMT]

Sniff.

"Katijaikat" wrote in message news:[email]...

When the house is pulled into the sky, it leaves an upper-floor tub behind. Yet later we see the bottom of the house with no holes in it.

Somebody claiming to be [email] (Katijaikat) wrote in news:[email]:

IIRC, "1900 House" was originally a BBC series. PBS did do an original, however, with "Frontier House".

They also made fun of tv execs who rip-off European shows for American audiences...

In alt.tv.simpsons, on the "Capsule submission for DABF21, Helter Shelter" thread, Katijaikat wrote:

Actually, Lisa seemed to be interested in the game. She did, after all, leave the skybox to mingle with the "real fans." As for the rest of the family, their interest in hockey in "Lisa on Ice," might have come from having two children play the game, rather than the game itself.