Cultural References
The opening Star Trek film is a parody of how old the crew of the original Star Trek cast looked in the later movies. The 1928 Itchy & Scratchy short "Steamboat Itchy" is a spoof of the 1928 Disney short, Steamboat Willie, featuring Mickey Mouse. Lisa's line about Michael Jackson and Dustin Hoffman appearing anonymously in The Itchy & Scratchy Movie is a reference to the fact that both had made guest appearances on The Simpsons using fake names in "Stark Raving Dad" and "Lisa's Substitute", respectively. Homer is seen listening to "Yummy Yummy Yummy" by The Ohio Express instead of watching the moon landing. In the flashforward sequence, a man is purchasing "soylent green" in the lobby of the movie theater, a reference to the 1973 science fiction film Soylent Green. A ship resembling a landspeeder from the film series Star Wars is also shown.
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