# Talk:The Old Man and the Lisa

Neat article, I was surprised to learn Burns wasn't drawn without his scowl in this. Just change Swartzwelder has to "had" as my tip of the day. Alientraveller 19:24, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

It feels like one of the best parts of the narrative is completely missing from the episode description. The reason Burns went bankrupt was essentially because his financial team was made entirely of yes-men afraid to tell him that his decisions were foolish. He enlisted Lisa's help since she showed at school that she's not afraid to disagree with him and tell him he's wrong.
I always felt it was clever writing and basically thought of it as the fuel for the episodes events.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by JibFlank (talk • contribs) 17:23, 2 February 2009 (UTC) 

This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. Regards, MASEM 05:43, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

As a comment, I note that unlike the other Simpsons episode articles, the cultural reference section in this one are in a list instead of prose.  A simple conversion to make. --MASEM 05:43, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
I must say you did an impressive job about the cultural references section. TheBlazikenMaster (talk) 15:50, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Has anyone ever noticed that Dr. Hibberts hand is white in the scene where Lisa is explaining to Homer that 10% of $120,000,000 isn't $12,000? Vandalism destroyer (talk) 04:44, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

The place where the class sells their recycled newspapers is run by a hippie. Doesn't it seem more likely "Uriah's Heap" was intended as as a (perhaps backhanded) homage to the rock band formed in the '60s? You could say it's "a reference to the character Uriah Heep in Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield," but only indirectly.drone5 (talk) 05:22, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
Of course it's a reference to Dickens! The writer John Swartzwelder is certainly of the intelligence and erudition to make such a reference, and the writers of The Simpsons are well-known for making references that go over most peoples' heads.  As to the band Uriah Heep have anything to do with hippies, they are a heavy metal band that was formed in 1969 and had most of their success in Europe in the mid '70s.  'Nuff said. Massenetique (talk) 21:37, 18 May 2009 (UTC)