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==Cultural references== The episode's title is a play on the biblical story of [[Samson]], an [[Israelites|Israelite]] [[Biblical judges|judge]] with superhuman strength. All of his power was lost when his long hair was cut, similar to what happens to Homer when he loses his hair again. In the Bible, [[Delilah]] is Samson's lover, who betrays him by ordering a servant to cut his hair in his sleep and turns him over to [[Philistines|Philistine]] lords. Dimoxinil is an obvious play on [[Minoxidil]], which at the time of this episode was much more costly and not available over the counter. The scene in which Homer is running through town after he got his hair is a reference to the film ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''.<ref name=BBC/> The scene in which Homer receives the key to the executive washroom is a reference to the movie ''[[Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?]]''<ref name=BBC/> When Homer meets Mr. Burns in the executive washroom, Burns shows his admiration for German [[World War II]] General [[Erwin Rommel]], saying he watched a documentary on the [[DuMont Television Network]] about the 'Desert Fox' the night before. Burns exclaims "now there was a man who could get things done!" The classical music heard in the executive washroom scene is from French composer [[Claude Debussy]]'s [[String Quartet (Debussy)|string quartet]] in G minor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Simpson and Delilah (1990) Trivia |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701211/trivia |website=IMDB |ref=IMDB}}</ref>
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