Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High - Cultural References

Cultural References

• The title of the episode is a parody of the title of the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High; the school bears the name of Vincent (Buddy) Cianci, Jr., longtime Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, who has had repeated run-ins with the law.
• The regular Family Guy opening sequence is replaced with a spoof of the opening sequence of Law & Order. Steven Zirnkilton even provides the opening narration about "two separate yet equally important types of shows."
• A cutaway to Donny and Marie Osmond (pop stars and stars of Donny & Marie (1976 TV series)) show them in bed together.
• When Chris' principal is receiving a massage from "Estovan", he sings "On Top of Old Smoky".
• When Lois asks whether Mrs. Clifton is coming back to the classroom, Peter replies, "I don't know," and is showered with green slime. This is a reference to the Canadian 1980s TV series You Can't Do That on Television, and the following shot of a man's face with "You Can't Do That On Television" stamped on top in red letters, is a direct reference to the show's opening sequence.
• The scene where Brian's students stand on their desks and say O Captain! My Captain! is a parody of a similar scene in the 1989 Robin Williams film Dead Poets Society.
• The scene where Lois worries about Chris going to prison refers to the HBO prison series Oz, yet the prisoners in the showers are singing "In the Merry Old Land of Oz" from the 1939 fantasy film, The Wizard of Oz.
• After Lois accuses Chris of the murder of Mrs. Lockhart's husband, they all stop to watch Joan of Arcadia, an American television fantasy/family drama.
• The subplot involving Brian is a parody of "Stand and Deliver".