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| Mr. Garrison claiming he can live without Mr. Hat -- reference to trying to get Peanuts character Linus to give up his security blanket. There was a time when he made a bet with his teacher that if she could give up biting her nails, he could give up his blanket. Needless to say, the teacher won. | Linus |
| M80s -- missle rockets that you can launch and they explode. Cool to put these bad boys into the exhaust vents of toy X-Wing fighters and watch the little plastic R2-D2 in the back get blown sky-high. But, uh, they're very illegal., so don't try it at home, OK? | Discussions about M80s |
| 4th of July -- You know, American Independence Day. | |
| comanche helipcoptors -- beautiful helicopters used by the US Army. | All about the Comanche |
| the man who appears on the easel after the big snake proposal -- is Abe Vigoda, otherwise known as Fish, from a 70s television cop sitcom called Barney Miller. | Abe Vigoda page |
| Stars and Stripes -- A festive American march, full name "Stars and Stripes Forever", composed by John Philip Sousa. | Stars and Stripes Lyrics |
| Uncle Remus/Uncle Sam -- Uncle remus, I think, is referring to folktales of the South, inlcuding Uncle Remus, a black man living on a plantation.
| Uncle Remus image
Uncle Sam imagery |
| Menudo -- oh dear, a music group made of I think 5 pre-pubescent males from Mexico. The group's members are replaced as soon as their voices begin to change. | Medudo online ugly site, but oh well |
| Lambchop -- is one of many puppet characters of Shari Lewis, and has been around for decades. Others include a horse, a dog...Lamchop is a sock puppet, and I must admit, I was a big fan when I was little. OK, still am, maybe, but whatever. | Characters of Shari Lewis |
| Utah people in the water -- are Mormons, since Salt Lake City in Utah was founded by Joseph Smith the head of the Church of Latter Day Saints. They are being baptized. | Mormons |
| The psychiatrist Mr. Garrison visits -- is Dr. Katz, the lead character from a show on Comedy Central called Dr. Katz, a show about a psychiatrist. Notice this character's edges are squiggly? This is because his real show is done is Squigglevision, a way of making each cel in the cartoon appear to have been drawn in a slightly different place. | |
| Green Bay -- home of the Green Bay Packers, and American football team | Packer report |
| why Chef gets mad at everyone -- the ash has covered their faces except for around their eyes and mouth. This look was used by actors and singers in the early parts of this century to depict black people. The style of makeup was called "black face" and is regarded now as one of the most offensive practices of racist America. | Blackface comedy |