The President Wore Pearls/References

== Cultural References ==
*Although the subtitle at the end denies it, the episode is a parody of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice rock opera Evita. Many of five songs, which appear in this episode, are parodies of this musical. A poster, which Lisa uses in her campaign, resembles a poster from the musical.
**The musical itself was based on the life and death of Eva Perón, the First Lady of Argentina and the wife of Juan Perón who was the President of Argentina from the 4th June 1946 to the 21st September 1955, and later from the 12th October 1973 until his death on the 1st July 1974.
*The reason that they deny it being a parody at the end is because Lloyd Webber dislikes having his works parodied.
*Nelson's song as Lisa is led out of the auditorium is sung to the tune of "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath.
*Lisa is sent to a school named The Magnet School for the Gifted and Troublesome Kids. The name is a parody of the school Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters from the X-Men.
*When a slot machine falls on Lenny, he said, "But I break just like a little girl.” It refers to the song “Just Like a Woman” by Bob Dylan.
*Martin as a student refers to Richard Nixon.
*Geraldine Anne "Gerry" Ferraro was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician who served in the United States House of Representatives. In 1984, she was the first female vice-presidential candidate representing a major American political party. She ran as Walter Mondale's running mate against Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. They lost in a massive electoral and popular vote Landslide for Reagan who won 49 of the fifty states and 58.8% of the popular vote that year. The only state Mondale and Ferraro won that year was Minnesota (his home state) and D.C.
==Goofs/Trivia==
* When Principal Skinner talks to Marge and Homer about whether they would pay extra taxes to save art, gym and music and Homer's subsequent refusal to pay more taxes, it parodied the fact that many schools across North America have shut down due to lack of people wanting to pay extra taxes for schools.
* Subsequently, this is not the first time that people have refused to pay taxes even though it would help their children's lives. One key example was in "The PTA Disbands".
* Krusty and Otto were Springfield Elementary student body presidents.
* Krusty is shown as one of the past Springfield Elementary student body presidents, when in "Like Father, Like Clown" he is shown attending Yeshiva school. (Maybe Krusty changed schools).
*When the teachers are giving Lisa a make over, Lisa's new bag is on her shoulder from above, but not from the side and front. Her bag disappears from existence within a second.
* When the camera pans over the student body, there are two Milhouses.
* In the student casino, Sarah Wiggum has ginger hair.
* When Lisa is singing, Wendell is seen next to Kearney, but when the camera pans over the student body Wendell is gone. After she finishes singing, Wendell is shown again. Maybe he went to the bathroom(the kid that replaces him is a seat filler lol).
* Martin mentions the show Saved by the Bell to which Skinner mentions ”that was always on too late for me”. The show aired on Saturday mornings. There is also no Saved by the Bell episode which involved a casino charity at a school that went wrong.
* When the teachers laugh at Willie imitating Milhouse, Allison Taylor has pink clothes and light brown hair.
== Production Notes ==
* The final draft for this episode is dated October 24, 2002.https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=2&ti=1,2&Search_Arg=eabf20&Search_Code=FT%2A&CNT=25&PID=OFkh7LEPYicymbXz4gwut5uZmua
**In the script, Michael Moore’s role was apparently going to be played by Martin Sheen originally. Kearney was also running for president instead of Nelson.https://meblogwritegood.wordpress.com/2012/08/24/316-the-president-wore-pearls/#comment-2128
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