Editing A Tale of Two Springfields (section)

==Cultural references==
The episode title is a play on the name of [[Charles Dickens]]' novel, ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]''. When Homer stands up in the press conference it is a reference  to [[Norman Rockwell]]'s painting ''[[Freedom of Speech (painting)|Freedom of Speech]]''.<ref name="NORM!">{{cite video | people=Maxtone-Graham, Ian|date=2009|title=The Simpsons The Complete Twelfth Season DVD commentary for the episode "A Tale of Two Springfields"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> When it is suggested that Homer be the mayor of New Springfield, he imagines himself in the opening sequence of ''[[The Rifleman]]'', instead as the Mayor. The scene in which Homer and Marge take a picture is a staff in-joke about "[[Trash of the Titans]]" when the voice director told [[Bono]] to smile.<ref name="D'oh"/> The episode also features several references to [[the Who]], including "[[Magic Bus (song)|Magic Bus]]" and ''[[Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy]]''.<ref name="D'oh"/> Moe's comment "That fat, dumb, and bald guy sure plays a mean hardball" is a reference to a Who song, "[[Pinball Wizard]]". The wall itself is a reference to the [[Berlin Wall]], with "New Springfield" representing East Berlin.

The two telephone [[area codes]] used in the episode are actual area codes in the [[North American Numbering Plan]]. [[Area code 636|636]] is assigned to phone numbers in the western suburbs of [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]],  while [[Telephone numbers in Puerto Rico|939]] is primarily used by mobile phones in [[Puerto Rico]].