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Originally Posted by WiltsAKGirl17
Little nod of the head to Dallas there, taranchula? (Yes, I'm 17 and I know what Dallas is-- I have a better grasp on vintage TV than modern. Except Foster's  ) |
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Originally Posted by jekylljuice
Well, most of those exact details appear to have been derived from the Simpsons' "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" two-parter, but correct, the concept itself was a homage to Dallas's "Who Shot J.R.?", and the scene in which Smithers finds Burns showering a direct nod to their season-erasing resurrection of Patrick Duffy in 1986. Only in Smithers' case there is an additional twist...ie: that was all a dream.
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Correct on both counts, the fact I chose Scrappy (One of the Baby Friends...kind of) as the "culprit" was a nod to the ending of the Simpsons parody when it turned out that Maggie was the shooter. (It's been over ten years so that really isn't a huge spoiler anymore.)
Of course such an episode will never ever be necessary, as the writers would never have Mr. H do anything as evil as JR Ewing or C. Montgomery Burns.