Simpsons and historical references

[Iroquois]

There's the one where Lisa sneaks into college. At the gym she dreams about Kennedy. He calls here Leeser.  
Then there's the Jebadhia Springfield one where they expose him as Hanns Sprungfeld. He fights George Washington and tears the painting.

There's also the one where Homer and Apu go to India. They're riding on the camels through the desert to Sringfield Airport. Apu says something like "I'm sorry we couldn't take a cab but I spent the last of my money on airline tickets." That scene is  from Lawrence of Arabia.

Theres reference to Ghengis Khan on one. Lisa's dreaming of what the school can do with more money and invisions virtual reality helments. "Ah yes, hello Lisa, I'm Ghengis Khan. Today you'll go where I go, defile what I'll defile, eat who I eat. Eh."

Then there's the Duff Gardens one where they visit the Hall of Patriots or something. It has Babe Ruth, Abe Lincon and a bunch of others, and they're all drunk.  

[ATI_7500]

no historical reference ,but the probably best scene of any simpsons episode. homer and mel gibson made a movie and in the court room scene of this movie,homer throws a M4 over to mel and he's shooting some guys in a very funny way. i've been rolling on the floor laughing,when i saw this for the first time...

[Professor Brensec]

no historical reference ,but the probably best scene of any simpsons episode. homer and mel gibson made a movie and in the court room scene of this movie,homer throws a M4 over to mel and he's shooting some guys in a very funny way. i've been rolling on the floor laughing,when i saw this for the first time...

The whole episode has a kind of historical reference (movie history at least) in fact.
You may not know but the movie that Mel stars in is a remake of 'Mr Smith goes to Washington' which starred James Stewart.

[tomahawk]

The JFK character also said it on the PT 109 when grandpa was telling his story about WWII (The Hellfish). They then accused him of being a Nazi and beat the crap out of him.

Grand Pa Simpson was also a mine detector in WWII, He sent a truck of a cliff and a tank into a river or somthing like that

[ATI_7500]

The whole episode has a kind of historical reference (movie history at least) in fact.
You may not know but the movie that Mel stars in is a remake of 'Mr Smith goes to Washington' which starred James Stewart.

oh,i did not know that. thanks!

[Loafing Smurf]

Grand Pa Simpson was also a mine detector in WWII, He sent a truck of a cliff and a tank into a river or somthing like that

Barts grandfather was talking about his experience in WWII, where he had to clear landmines. He pointed the tank in a direction and it hit a mine anyways. He then finished off the story by saying, "Thats how I got the Iron Cross." Which was strange because the Iron Cross is a German award.

Speaking of war, I think Skinner was having a Vietnam memory and he was trying to break out of prison, one of the POWs mention that Jane Fonda was partying with the VCs.

Then in the Valentine episode there was an Apocalypse Now reference where Skinner was on a boat in a river and one of his closes friends gets shot.

I'm just curious which one of the Chicago 7 went to North Vietnam as a political statelent? Was it the one that tried to raise the Pentagon?

[Craig.]

that vietnam one skinners entire platoon got eaten by an elephant when they tried to escape:)

[Loafing Smurf]

LOL didnt realize that they got eaten.

P.S that was a fast reply.

[Craig.]

i seem to spend 90% of my day here these days:)
although they didnt show his entire platoon, they were in that bamboo cell, one guy broke out of it when skinner told them to stay put, and he got stopped by the elephant then when they went back to the presant skinner said, "that elephant ate my entire platoon that day"

[Loafing Smurf]

lol thats funny

[loomex]

Barts grandfather was talking about his experience in WWII, where he had to clear landmines. He pointed the tank in a direction and it hit a mine anyways. He then finished off the story by saying, "Thats how I got the Iron Cross." Which was strange because the Iron Cross is a German award.

Of course he got the German Cross....he blew up his own tanks!

[Oz]

lol

Incredible how Matt Groening and Co. can fit so many little jokes into a couple of scenes...

[Loafing Smurf]

Remember the one where Homers power plant goes on strike? They made a reference to the labor union strikes in the early 1900s. Factories needed a private police that controlled protest in front of factories. So, Mr.Burns said something like "Smithers get me those labor police like the ones they had in the 1920s." Then they get Grandfather Simpson, and three other men telling them a boring story.

[Iroquois]

In that same episode, Mr Burns has a flashback to his youth. His grandfather is taking Burns on a tour of his "Atom Mill." The grandfather accuses a young worker of stealing atoms and walls him up in "the abandoned coke oven." While being dragged off the kid says something like "You can't treat the working man like this. One day will from a union, and then grow corrupt, and the Japaneese will eat us alive!" To which the grandfather says "The Japaneese! Thoes sandal wearing goldfish tenders? Bash, flimshaw!"