While there's no review here, I agree with Galactus that the episode should have had a better ending (though the bits involving Mr. Burns controlling the media was better than I thought it would be).
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Apparently, "Pimple-Faced Teen" is a Futurama fan?
Refs.
Broadcast New -Title
Sitting Bull Rock -Geezer Rock
Spinning Wheel -Song sung during Geezer Rock ceremony
Lassie -Krust having four Mr. Teenys (a la the various Lassies used for the show and movies)
GE Owning NBC -The pro-nuclear I&S cartoon (see comments)
Citizen Kane -Mr. Burns vs. Lisa a la Hearst vs. this film (see comments)
Pennysaver -Lennysaver
Weekly World New -Willie World News
Comments:
The I&S cartoon and it's pro-nuclear slant is similar to GE's owning of NBC. GE would sometimes use some of NBC's commercial time to promote its technologies and how it benefits the people of the Untied States. However, at the same time, GE also won't allow NBC News to say anything negative concerning the company (a big example of this is when GE was caught dumping PCP's in the Husdon River, with no coverage of that news story appearing on NBC).
While it is considered the greatest American of all time, when Citizen Kane was released in 1941, it was a huge flop. There's one big reason for it bombing in the box office at the time: William Randolph Hearst, who was one of the big names of newspaper publishing at the time the film was released. With the the incidents of the film being somewhat inspired by his life, Hearst felt that the film would give him a negative image, and he prevented Citizen Kane from being promoted in any of his newspapers. To further show his power of his mediaopoly, any theater that would show Citizen Kane would be dropped from the theater listings in his papers, and since the newspaper was (and still is) the major source of which theaters are playing which films, the lack of promotion in the Hearst-owned papers would lead to the theaters having poor business.
Joe Klemm