Cultural References
In the beginning of the episode, the Simpsons watch a television program called Cash in Your Legacy, which is a parody on the PBS program Antiques Roadshow. Arthur Fortune is a parody of Branson and Fortune Megastore is a reference to Branson's international record shop chain Virgin Megastores. On the cover of Billionare Beat, a magazine that Burns reads in the episode, business magnates Bill Gates and Rupert Murdoch can be seen. In a scene in the episode, Burns assumes that "Don McNeill and his Breakfast Club" is currently the most popular radio program. Don McNeill's Breakfast Club was a real radio program that, according to Scully, Swartzwelder used to listen to. Costner's film The Postman is also referenced in the episode. Burns' unveiling of the Loch Ness Monster is ruined as the numerous camera flashes blind him, causing him to knock over some lights, starting a fire. This is a reference to the film King Kong, although in the film the flashes enrage the captured gorilla Kong, as opposed to his captor.
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