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*Homestar as the matronly nursery character saying "Now you children skedaddle" is a reference to and hybrid of both Nanny from Muppet Babies and the Mammy-Two-Shoes character from [[Wikipedia:Tom and Jerry (MGM)|Tom and Jerry]]. The costume and Southern colloquialisms are suggestive of the "Mammy" character, who often wallops the cat with a broom when he misbehaves. "Nanny", likewise, was only shown from the waist down. | *Homestar as the matronly nursery character saying "Now you children skedaddle" is a reference to and hybrid of both Nanny from Muppet Babies and the Mammy-Two-Shoes character from [[Wikipedia:Tom and Jerry (MGM)|Tom and Jerry]]. The costume and Southern colloquialisms are suggestive of the "Mammy" character, who often wallops the cat with a broom when he misbehaves. "Nanny", likewise, was only shown from the waist down. | ||
*Baby Pom Pom's peglike limbs give him the appearance of a [[Wikipedia:Bumble Ball|Bumble Ball]]. | *Baby Pom Pom's peglike limbs give him the appearance of a [[Wikipedia:Bumble Ball|Bumble Ball]]. | ||
- | *[[Wikipedia:Don Knotts|Don Knotts]] | + | *[[Wikipedia:Don Knotts|Don Knotts]], who passed away shortly after this email was released, was an actor best known for playing [[Wikipedia:Barney Fife|Barney Fife]] on [[Wikipedia:The Andy Griffith Show|''The Andy Griffith Show'']]. He also twice guest-starred in the ''New Scooby-Doo Movies'' cartoons. |
*The "Roman times" Easter egg is a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:The Roman Holidays|The Roman Holidays]]'', a Hanna Barbera animated sitcom from 1972. Like ''[[Wikipedia:The Flintstones|The Flintstones]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:The Jetsons|The Jetsons]]'' before it, the basic premise was plunking a typical sitcom family into another time period (in this case, 63 A.D.). | *The "Roman times" Easter egg is a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:The Roman Holidays|The Roman Holidays]]'', a Hanna Barbera animated sitcom from 1972. Like ''[[Wikipedia:The Flintstones|The Flintstones]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:The Jetsons|The Jetsons]]'' before it, the basic premise was plunking a typical sitcom family into another time period (in this case, 63 A.D.). | ||
*"Just the facts" is a reference to the phrase "Just the facts, ma'am", which was made popular by the TV police procedural [[Wikipedia:Dragnet (drama)|Dragnet]], despite the fact the phrase was [http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/dragnet.htm never used on the show]. | *"Just the facts" is a reference to the phrase "Just the facts, ma'am", which was made popular by the TV police procedural [[Wikipedia:Dragnet (drama)|Dragnet]], despite the fact the phrase was [http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/dragnet.htm never used on the show]. |