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Contents 1 Moon Waffle "Recipe"? 2 Unsourced info moved from article to talk page 2.1 Cultural references 3 GA Pass (second review per request)

[edit] Moon Waffle "Recipe"?

Is this section really needed? It doesn't help the article at all and is poorly formatted. --FireV 21:07, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unsourced info moved from article to talk page

Moved this unsourced info from the article here to the talk page. Cirt (talk) 01:18, 9 January 2008 (UTC).

[edit] Cultural references

• The brand label on Homer's shower radio reads "No Soap, Radio!," so-named for the non-sequitur "punchline" of a well-known pseudo-joke.
• The scene where Homer dances in his underwear to "We Wear Short Shorts" is identical to the scene in the 1983 Tom Cruise movie Risky Business (except Cruise dances to Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll.")
• God's comment about appearing in a tortilla in Mexico is probably a parody of the Enchilada tortilla burn resembling Jesus found in New Mexico a year before this episode aired. The tortilla is now preserved in a shrine in New Mexico and is now New Mexico's largest Christ Belief gathering point.
• God also asks Homer if St. Louis still has a team. Four years to the day after this episode aired, the St. Louis Rams, relocated from Los Angeles, played the first NFL game in St. Louis in nine years.
• Unlike all of the other characters in The Simpsons, God has five fingers, until the end of the episode where he has four.
• The Itchy & Scratchy Show episode, "Flay Me To the Moon", is a play on Bart Howard's famous song, Fly Me to the Moon.
• The car chase scene with the proselytizing Flanders is taken almost verbatim from the 1976 Burt Reynolds film, White Lightning.

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If/when sources are provided for this stuff, it can be added back into the article. Cirt (talk) 01:18, 9 January 2008 (UTC).

This might be my next GA project. I'll see what I can do. --Simpsons fan 66 22:22, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] GA Pass (second review per request)

I was requested by Simpsons fan 66 to make a second review of this article (given that the previous reviewer, Mastrchf91, simply passed as GA without comment). I have no disagreements with that assessment, but this is mainly to confirm the process for historical purposes.

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   B. MoS compliance:

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

   C. No original research:

3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

   B. Focused:

4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

   Infobox image is large, but tagged for reduction

   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

No problems, so still a good article. --MASEM 14:30, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm simply stunned that a second review was needed! Just kidding, sorry for not making a log of the review, but I guess it just slipped my mind. Nevertheless, it's a very good article. Mastrchf91 (^t/_c) 02:14, 21 February 2008 (UTC)