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| Happy Tarts -- A reference to Pop Tarts...again. | Pop Tarts interactive |
| George Clooney -- Television and movie star, he is most famous for his roles in the very popular television series "E.R." and as Batman. | George Clooney
The Clooney Crazy Obsession Photo Gallery |
| homecoming -- a football game where the rival team plays your team in your team's home field. This event is really big in high schools; there is a dance and a beauty contest where Homecoming Queen is named. Let me say, from deep in my heart, "Ugh." | Helpful Hints for planning a homecoming |
| Pip -- is supposed to be a British student and is a reference to the character in Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens. | Full text of Great Expectations |
| Simon and Simon -- an 80s television show about two detectives named Simon and Simon. | Simon and Simon |
| pride marches -- these are parades where gays walk together through towns or cities with banners to educate people about the facts and not the fears of homosexuality. | |
| Barbra Streisand and gays -- Babs is very popular among gay males. More on Babs later... | Barbra Streisand |
| John Stamos -- television sitcom star. Credits include "Full House". | John Stamos page |
| "Loving You" -- A number 1 hit for Minnie Ripperton in 1975 and is now being used by Burger King to sell Cinnamon buns....really. | Minnie Ripperton page |
| Rin Tin Tin -- Dog hero of the silver screen. Very butch. | |
| football mascots -- are very common and often stolen by rival teams or fans of rival teams. Basically, if you believe in reincarnation, you don't wanna come back as a football mascot. | News story about murdered mascot |
| quarterback -- He is the guy who gets passed the football and spends the next few precious seconds trying to get rid of it somewhere in the direction of the goal before being tackled to the ground, where his (although well padded) body parts are mashed into the turf. Basically, if you believe in reincarnation, you don't wanna come back as a football quartback. Oh wait, did I already warn you? | American Football Rules |
| blitz -- this can happen once in a "down" (four chances to move your team ahead 10 yards) and is when the opposing team can rush at the quarterback before he has a chance to do anything. | American Football Rules |
| "I haven't seen a beating like that since Rodney King" -- Rodney King is a black man who was severely beaten by white policemen, an event which started the Los Angeles race riots in 1992. The entire incident was caught on videotape, and the police were later imprisoned. | |
| Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride -- uses several references to Disneyworld rides, such as the jungle cruise boat ride and the It's a Small World ride. If you've never been on these rides, save your pence and go on these rides, then watch this episode again and you will larf your ass off. Trust me. | Virtual Jungle Cruise Boat Ride
Virtual It's a Small World |
| Brian Boitano -- skates by in the Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride. He is a guest character who saves the day in the first South Park episode, Spirit of Christmas, which you can download. Boitano is a medal-winning Olympic figure skating star. | Brian Boitano page |