Cultural References
Bart and his friends use Bart's fake license to see the R-rated 1991 film Naked Lunch, an adaptation of William Burroughs's novel dealing with heroin addiction, homosexuality, and hallucinogens. The boys also go see an Andy Williams concert in Branson, Missouri, and the marquee advertising it outside says "Wow, he's still got it – Look magazine". On the road, the boys pick up a hitchhiker that is based on the hitchhiker in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre horror film series. Principal Skinner books a vacation with AmeriWestica, a parody of America West Airlines.
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