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Ever the OverprotectiveDad, Maxwell wants to send Maggie to a convent in {{UsefulNotes/Switzerland}}. Fran accidentally convinces the Sheffields that Maggie should go to a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz kibbutz]] in {{UsefulNotes/Israel}} instead, but then Fran remembers something about her own time on a kibbutz back in the day.
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* ContinuityNod: In "My Fair Nanny", Fran had said that she'd gone through a cornrow period after seeing ''Film/{{Ten}}''. Here, we see that was the case.
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* ContinuityNod: In "My Fair Nanny", Fran had said that she'd gone through a cornrow period after seeing ''Film/{{Ten}}''.''Film/Ten1979''. Here, we see that was the case.
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* TakeAThirdOption: Initially Maggie wants to go on a beach vacation, then switches to wanting to go on a kibbutz. Max is less than enthusiastic. Solution? The whole family goes.
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* TakeAThirdOption: Initially Maggie wants to go on a beach vacation, then switches to wanting to go on a kibbutz. Max is less than enthusiastic. has something more medieval in mind. Solution? The whole family goes.goes on kibbutz.
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* PopularHistory: In typical sitcom fashion, the flashbacks randomly mix together various elements of TheSeventies and the very early part of TheEighties. ''The Blue Lagoon'' has come out, so it's no earlier than 1980. But at the same time, it can't be any later than 1975 because Steven Spielberg isn't famous yet. (But if you ignore the Spielberg and Milken jokes, as well as the appearance of ''The Virginia Graham Show'', the setting basically works out to circa 1980, which is consistent with Fran's age.)
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* PopularHistory: In typical sitcom fashion, the flashbacks randomly mix together various elements of TheSeventies and the very early part of TheEighties. ''The Blue Lagoon'' has come out, so it's no earlier than 1980. But at the same time, it can't be any later than 1975 because Steven Spielberg isn't famous yet. (But if you ignore the Spielberg and Milken jokes, as well as the appearance of ''The Virginia Graham Show'', the setting basically works out to circa 1980, which is consistent with Fran's age.age...whatever it is.)
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* PopularHistory: In typical sitcom fashion, the flashbacks randomly mix together various elements of TheSeventies and the very early part of TheEighties. ''The Blue Lagoon'' has come out, so it's no earlier than 1980. But at the same time, it can't be any later than 1975 because Steven Spielberg isn't famous yet. (But if you ignore the Spielberg and Milken jokes, as well as the appearance of ''The Virginia Graham Show'', the setting basically works out to circa 1980.)
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* PopularHistory: In typical sitcom fashion, the flashbacks randomly mix together various elements of TheSeventies and the very early part of TheEighties. ''The Blue Lagoon'' has come out, so it's no earlier than 1980. But at the same time, it can't be any later than 1975 because Steven Spielberg isn't famous yet. (But if you ignore the Spielberg and Milken jokes, as well as the appearance of ''The Virginia Graham Show'', the setting basically works out to circa 1980.1980, which is consistent with Fran's age.)
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Ever the OverprotectiveDad, Maxwell wants to send Maggie to a convent in {{UsefulNotes/Switzerland}}. Fran accidentally convinces the Sheffields that Maggie should go to a kibbutz in {{UsefulNotes/Israel}} instead, but then Fran remembers something about her own time on a kibbutz back in the day.
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Ever the OverprotectiveDad, Maxwell wants to send Maggie to a convent in {{UsefulNotes/Switzerland}}. Fran accidentally convinces the Sheffields that Maggie should go to a kibbutz [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz kibbutz]] in {{UsefulNotes/Israel}} instead, but then Fran remembers something about her own time on a kibbutz back in the day.
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* PopularHistory: In typical sitcom fashion, the flashbacks randomly mix together various elements of TheSeventies and the very early part of TheEighties. ''The Blue Lagoon'' has come out, so it's no earlier than 1980. But at the same time, it can't be any later than 1975 because Steven Spielberg isn't famous yet.
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* PopularHistory: In typical sitcom fashion, the flashbacks randomly mix together various elements of TheSeventies and the very early part of TheEighties. ''The Blue Lagoon'' has come out, so it's no earlier than 1980. But at the same time, it can't be any later than 1975 because Steven Spielberg isn't famous yet. (But if you ignore the Spielberg and Milken jokes, as well as the appearance of ''The Virginia Graham Show'', the setting basically works out to circa 1980.)
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* PopularHistory: In typical sitcom fashion, the flashbacks randomly mix together various elements of TheSeventies and the very early part of TheEighties. ''The Blue Lagoon'' has come out, so it's no earlier than 1980. But at the same time, Steven Spielberg isn't famous yet, so it's can't be any later than 1975.
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* PopularHistory: In typical sitcom fashion, the flashbacks randomly mix together various elements of TheSeventies and the very early part of TheEighties. ''The Blue Lagoon'' has come out, so it's no earlier than 1980. But at the same time, it can't be any later than 1975 because Steven Spielberg isn't famous yet, so it's can't be any later than 1975.yet.
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Ever the OverprotectiveDad, Maxwell wants to send Maggie to a convent in {{UsefulNotes/Switzerland}}. Fran accidentally convinces the Sheffields that Maggie should go to a kibbutz in {{UsefulNotes/Israel}} instead, but then Fran remembers something about her own time on a kibbutz.
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* PopularHistory: It typical sitcom fashion, the flashbacks randomly mix together various elements of TheSeventies and the very early part of TheEighties. ''The Blue Lagoon'' has come out, so it's no earlier than 1980. But at the same time, Steven Spielberg isn't famous yet, so it's can't be any later than 1975.
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* PopularHistory: It In typical sitcom fashion, the flashbacks randomly mix together various elements of TheSeventies and the very early part of TheEighties. ''The Blue Lagoon'' has come out, so it's no earlier than 1980. But at the same time, Steven Spielberg isn't famous yet, so it's can't be any later than 1975.
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Ever the OverprotectiveDad, Maxwell wants to send Maggie to a convent in {{UsefulNotes/Switzerland}}. Fran accidentally convinces the Sheffields that Maggie should go to a kibbutz in {{UsefulNotes/Israel}} instead, but then Fran remembers something about her own time on a kibbutz.
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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: In one of the {{Flashback}}s, an Israeli guy asks Fran what's going on in Hebrew, and she says "Yeah, bagel, bagel, shalom, bagel."
* {{Commune}}: The kibbutz, of course.
-->'''Maggie:''' A kibbutz? Is that like one of those communes in TheSixties?\\
'''Fran:''' Well, sort of, except the only thing we smoked was fish.
* GilliganCut:
-->'''Maxwell:''' Margaret is not going to the kibbutz, and that is final!\\
''[cut to the whole family on the kibbutz]''\\
'''Maxwell:''' I have to hand it to you, Miss Fine, this was a brilliant solution to everyone's problem.
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: A series of them in the first flashback: frozen yogurt, ''{{Theatre/Cats}}'' ([[RunningGag of course]]), Creator/StevenSpielberg, Michael Milken, and Fran still being single when she's over thirty. There's also a ThisIsGoingToBeHuge joke regarding Christopher Atkins's post-''[[Literature/TheBlueLagoon Blue Lagoon]]'' career.
* IWasQuiteAFashionVictim: In the flashbacks, everyone is wearing the most grotesque parodies of late '70s fashion.
* LockedAwayInAMonastery: Maxwell's original plan for how Maggie will be spending winter break.
* MakeOutKids: Maggie and her boyfriend, much to her father's horror.
* NostalgiaFilter: Fran remembers having the time of her life on the kibbutz, but was actually bored out of her mind. It turns out she remembers the overall experience fondly because she [[TheirFirstTime lost her virginity]] there.
* PopularHistory: It typical sitcom fashion, the flashbacks randomly mix together various elements of TheSeventies and the very early part of TheEighties. ''The Blue Lagoon'' has come out, so it's no earlier than 1980. But at the same time, Steven Spielberg isn't famous yet, so it's can't be any later than 1975.
* PrimalScene: Fran walks in on her parents having sex:
-->'''Sylvia:''' Would it kill you to knock before you enter a person's bedroom?\\
'''Fran:''' Ma, I'm sorry. I hear sounds of ecstasy coming from your room, I figure you're eating a cheesecake.
* TheScrooge: Throughout the episode, Niles is mocked for being cheap:
-->'''C.C.:''' Where do you stash your cash?\\
'''Niles:''' Somewhere you'll never get near.\\
'''C.C.:''' Oh, your mattress?\\
'''Niles:''' No. ''[gestures to Maxwell]'' His.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: By pure coincidence, Niles and C.C. end up vacationing on the same island.
* UnusualEuphemism: Fran lost her "hat" on the kibbutz.
-->'''Maxwell:''' I take it you were very attached to this hat.\\
'''Fran:''' Well, not as much as my mother was.
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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: In one of the {{Flashback}}s, an Israeli guy asks Fran what's going on in Hebrew, and she says "Yeah, bagel, bagel, shalom, bagel."
* {{Commune}}: The kibbutz, of course.
-->'''Maggie:''' A kibbutz? Is that like one of those communes in TheSixties?\\
'''Fran:''' Well, sort of, except the only thing we smoked was fish.
* GilliganCut:
-->'''Maxwell:''' Margaret is not going to the kibbutz, and that is final!\\
''[cut to the whole family on the kibbutz]''\\
'''Maxwell:''' I have to hand it to you, Miss Fine, this was a brilliant solution to everyone's problem.
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: A series of them in the first flashback: frozen yogurt, ''{{Theatre/Cats}}'' ([[RunningGag of course]]), Creator/StevenSpielberg, Michael Milken, and Fran still being single when she's over thirty. There's also a ThisIsGoingToBeHuge joke regarding Christopher Atkins's post-''[[Literature/TheBlueLagoon Blue Lagoon]]'' career.
* IWasQuiteAFashionVictim: In the flashbacks, everyone is wearing the most grotesque parodies of late '70s fashion.
* LockedAwayInAMonastery: Maxwell's original plan for how Maggie will be spending winter break.
* MakeOutKids: Maggie and her boyfriend, much to her father's horror.
* NostalgiaFilter: Fran remembers having the time of her life on the kibbutz, but was actually bored out of her mind. It turns out she remembers the overall experience fondly because she [[TheirFirstTime lost her virginity]] there.
* PopularHistory: It typical sitcom fashion, the flashbacks randomly mix together various elements of TheSeventies and the very early part of TheEighties. ''The Blue Lagoon'' has come out, so it's no earlier than 1980. But at the same time, Steven Spielberg isn't famous yet, so it's can't be any later than 1975.
* PrimalScene: Fran walks in on her parents having sex:
-->'''Sylvia:''' Would it kill you to knock before you enter a person's bedroom?\\
'''Fran:''' Ma, I'm sorry. I hear sounds of ecstasy coming from your room, I figure you're eating a cheesecake.
* TheScrooge: Throughout the episode, Niles is mocked for being cheap:
-->'''C.C.:''' Where do you stash your cash?\\
'''Niles:''' Somewhere you'll never get near.\\
'''C.C.:''' Oh, your mattress?\\
'''Niles:''' No. ''[gestures to Maxwell]'' His.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: By pure coincidence, Niles and C.C. end up vacationing on the same island.
* UnusualEuphemism: Fran lost her "hat" on the kibbutz.
-->'''Maxwell:''' I take it you were very attached to this hat.\\
'''Fran:''' Well, not as much as my mother was.
