# Talk:Fear of Flying (The Simpsons)

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I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Fear of Flying (The Simpsons)'s orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "bbc":
From Lemon of Troy: Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Lemon of Troy". BBC. Retrieved 2008-03-28.{{cite web}}:  CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
From The Cartridge Family: Warren Martyn; Adrian Wood (2000). ""The Cartridge Family"". BBC. Retrieved 2007-06-12.{{cite web}}:  CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
From Who Shot Mr. Burns?: Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)". BBC. Retrieved 2007-05-07.{{cite web}}:  CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
From Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy: Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy". BBC. Retrieved 2008-03-27.{{cite web}}:  CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
From Homer Badman: Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Homer Badman". BBC. Retrieved 2007-08-13.{{cite web}}:  CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
From 'Round Springfield: Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Round Springfield". BBC. Retrieved 2007-02-08.{{cite web}}:  CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
From Fear of Flying (novel): BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour: Fear of Flying
From Bart vs. Australia: Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Bart vs. Australia". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-09-12.{{cite web}}:  CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
From Lisa's Wedding: Lisa's Wedding BBC.co.uk. Retrieved on March 20, 2007
From Another Simpsons Clip Show: Martyn, "Another Simpsons Clip Show"
From Natural Born Kissers: Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Natural Born Kissers". BBC. Retrieved 2007-11-18.{{cite web}}:  CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
From Itchy & Scratchy Land: Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge". BBC. Retrieved 2007-08-02.{{cite web}}:  CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 16:35, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

When Marge dreams of starring on Lost in Space where she plays Mrs. Robinson and Homer plays Dr. Smith, is it not obvious that Lisa is playing the Robot? After all, the Robot's head is the same shape as Lisa's and it is voiced by Yeardley Smith. USN1977 (talk) 03:38, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
Needs a reference. --TheLeftorium 16:01, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

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There needs to be some acknowledgment of Erica Jong's pioneering feminist novel "Fear of Flying" as a cultural reference. Most of the joke of the episode was the repeated use of that phrase with a bit of verbal emphasis, including by Dr Zweig, and the fact the episode uses it literally where Jong had used it metaphorically. I was only in my mid-20s when this aired and 70s novels by or for women were hardly an interest of mine, but that one and its title were still a cultural touchstone of sufficient magnitude that I doubt any adult in North America in the 90s didn't get the joke. Random noter (talk) 03:25, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

I removed the unsourced assertion that Disney+ edited out a scene from the episode because it doesn't seem correct.
The scene referenced, in which different dialogue is heard at the bar before a pilot jumps off the roof, appears as an extra on the Season 6 DVD. It does not appear to have ever been part of the episode as broadcast. The Disney+, DVD, and FXX versions of the episode itself are identical and do not contain the scene. The community episode capsule (which usually tracks syndication cuts and edits, if present) also references the dialogue found in the Disney+ version with no mention of the deleted scene, so I believe the original 90s TV airings were identical as well.
This scene is also not the only deleted scene found on the DVD for this episode, so if it was to be added back to the article as a deleted scene rather than a case of editing or censorship, I'd suggest it should be expanded to cover all deleted scenes. VotedKalvano (talk) 02:07, 18 January 2025 (UTC)