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== Cultural references == The episode makes multiple references to 1960s culture, including films such as ''[[The Love-Ins]]'' (1967).<ref name="Cary"/> The episode features the theme from the musical ''[[Hair (musical)|Hair]]'', "[[Incense and Peppermints (song)|Incense and Peppermints]]" by [[Strawberry Alarm Clock]] (1967), "[[White Rabbit (song)|White Rabbit]]" by [[Jefferson Airplane]] (1967) and "[[Time of the Season]]" by [[The Zombies]] (1968).<ref name="BBC"/><ref name="ult"/> In a flashback to [[Woodstock]] in 1969, [[Jimi Hendrix]]'s performance of "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" is shown,<ref name="BBC"/> as is a recreation of the photograph of embracing couple Nick and Bobbi Ercoline taken at the festival and used as a poster for the film ''[[Woodstock (film)|Woodstock]]'' (1970).<ref name="ult">{{cite book |title=[[Simpsons World The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1โ20]] |publisher=[[HarperCollins|Harper Collins Publishers]] |year=2010 |editor=Bates, James W. |editor2=Gimple, Scott M. |editor3=McCann, Jesse L. |editor4=Richmond, Ray |editor5=Seghers, Christine |isbn=978-0-00-738815-8 |edition=1st |page=479}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/woodstock-concert-undercover-lovers-nick-bobbi-ercoline-40-years-summer-love-article-1.430404 |title=Woodstock concert's undercover lovers, Nick and Bobbi Ercoline, 40 years after summer of love |work=[[New York Daily News]] |author=Farber, Jim |date=July 7, 2009 |access-date=January 23, 2022}}</ref> Additionally, Homer sings [[Billy Joel]]'s 1983 song "[[Uptown Girl]]".<ref name="BBC"/> After drinking the tainted juice, Grampa and Jasper sit on a bench, laughing like the title characters from the series ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head]]'',<ref name="ult"/> while Flanders hallucinates skeletons and dancing bears (images associated with the [[Grateful Dead]]), marching hammers (from [[Pink Floyd]]'s 1982 film ''[[Pink Floyd โ The Wall|Pink FloydโThe Wall]]'') and [[The Rolling Stones]]' lips and tongue logo.<ref name="ult"/> Mr. Burns' film is credited as "An Alan Smithee Film", a reference to the [[Alan Smithee]] pseudonym credit used by directors who wanted to be disassociated from a film on which they had lost creative control, to the detriment of the final product.<ref name="BBC"/><ref name="ult"/> When Barney drinks alcohol to prevent the bad effects from the tainted juice, a pink elephant comes to his rescue, referencing the scene in [[Dumbo]] where Dumbo and Timothy drink alcohol and see pink elephants. Seth and Munchie's dog is named Ginsberg, thought to be a reference to beat poet [[Allen Ginsberg]]. Homer putting the flowers in the policemen's rifles is a reference to the iconic October 22, 1967 ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine picture, "[[Flower Power (photograph)|Flower Power]]" by [[Bernie Boston]]. The phrase used by [[Dr. Hibbert]] regarding Homer's condition ("I'm a doctor, not a gardener") is a reference to a recurring ''[[Star Trek]]'' gag, when Doctor [[Leonard McCoy]] retorts, mostly to [[Spock]], that he is a doctor and not a [whatever the situation refers to]. Additionally, the end credit theme music by [[Yo La Tengo]] is presented in a style that parodies "[[Tomorrow Never Knows]]" by [[The Beatles]], and as the credits end, Homer says "I buried Flanders", a reference to the [[Paul Is Dead]] myth.
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