Cultural References
The episode's title is an allusion to the metal/grunge band Alice in Chains, which was at the height of their fame at the time. David Crosby portrays himself in a cameo role in the episode, and is the 12-step sponsor for Lionel Hutz. During Marge's trial for shoplifting, prosecutors show the Zapruder film and assert that Marge was present on the grassy knoll when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The scene where Maude Flanders peers through a hole in a wall at Marge is a reference to the 1960 film Psycho. In Lionel Hutz's dream of what the world would be like without lawyers, the writers had wanted to use the song "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" which was used in Coca-Cola advertisements, but they could not get the rights to it. Instead, they used a similar instrumental theme.
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“At times it seems that the media have become the mainstream culture in children’s lives. Parents have become the alternative. Americans once expected parents to raise their children in accordance with the dominant cultural messages. Today they are expected to raise their children in opposition to it.”
—Ellen Goodman (20th century)