History Trivia / TheSimpsonsS4E13SelmasChoice

*That would have made for a more interesting story.

* TalkingToHimself: Creator/JulieKavner voiced a total of five different characters in this episode --
** 1.) Marge Simpson (Kavner is her primary voice actress).
** 2.) Both of Marge's older sisters, Patty and Selma.
** 3.) Patty, Selma and Marge's mother, Jacqueline "Jackie" Bouvier.
** 4.) Jackie's sister (Patty, Selma and Marge's aunt), Gladys.

* AuthorAppeal: Jub-Jub is named after a random nonsense word Creator/ConanOBrien used around the writers' office.

* TalkingToHimself: Creator/JulieKavner voiced a total of five different characters in this episode--aside from Marge (as Kavner is Marge's voice actress), Kavner also voiced both of Marge's older sisters, Marge's mother and Marge's mother's sister.

** After Homer hugs Patty and Selma (and they insult him within earshot), there's a short scene where Homer packs the station wagon with luggage. Bart complains, "Hey, Homer! This luggage is crushing me!" Homer retorts, "Pipe down! Lisa's quiet!" followed by a cut to show that [[ExactWords Lisa isn't complaining...because she's so smushed up against the window that she can't even speak]].

** After Homer hugs Patty and Selma (and they insult him within earshot), there's a short scene where Homer packs the station wagon with luggage. Bart complains, "Hey, Homer! This luggage is crushing me!" Homer retorts, "Hey, you don't hear Lisa complaining!" followed by a cut to show that [[ExactWords Lisa isn't complaining...because she's so smushed up against the window that she can't even speak]].

* TalkingToHimself: Creater/JulieKavner voiced a total of five different characters in this episode--aside from Marge (as Kavner is Marge's voice actress), Kavner also voiced both of Marge's older sisters, Marge's mother and Marge's mother's sister.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: The side story of Homer getting sick from eating an old sandwich is based on a similar situation happening to one of the writers.

* TalkingToHimself: A special case for Creator/JulieKavner, Marge's voice actress--in this episode, she voiced not only Marge, but also both of her older sisters, their mother and their mother's sister.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: Great Aunt Gladys records her will on a videocassette. These days, if she were tech-savvy (or knew someone who was), she could have recorded her video will as a video file and either burned it on a DVD, saved it on a flash drive, played it on a camera phone, or even emailed it to her family (or had Lionel Hutz do it). On top of that, it would have been harder for Hutz to redub the video to make it seem like she was going to leave him $50,000.

* TalkingToHimself: A special case for Creator/JulieKavner, who voiced Marge, her sisters, their mom and their mom's sister.

* EditedForSyndication: The following scenes were edited out in the syndicated version:
** After Homer hugs Patty and Selma and they insult him within earshot, there's a short scene where Homer packs the station wagon with luggage. Bart complains, "Hey, Homer! This luggage is crushing me!" Homer retorts, "Hey, you don't hear Lisa complaining!" followed by a cut to show that [[ExactWords Lisa isn't complaining...because she's so smushed up against the window that she can't even speak]].

** A scene where Marge, caring for a sick Homer, offers some rental tapes, ''Boxing's Greatest Weigh-Ins'' and ''Film/{{Yentl}}''[[note]]and later, ''The Erotic Adventures of Hercules''[[/note]]. Homer asks what ''Yentl'' is and Marge tells him it's about a bookish young Jewish woman who poses as a man so she can go to rabbinical school. When Homer says ''Yentl'' sounds great, Marge concludes that he's delirious.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: Great Aunt Gladys records her will on a videocassette. These days, if she were tech-savvy (or knew someone who was), she could have recorded her video will on anything that's not a VHS by recording a video file and either burning it on a DVD, uploading it on a flash drive, or playing it on a camera phone.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: Great Aunt Gladys records her will on a videocassette. These days, if she were tech-savvy (or knew someone who was), she could have recorded a video will on a burned DVD, a flash drive that can play on a computer (or a flatscreen TV with a USB port), or have someone record it on a camera phone.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: Great Aunt Gladys records her will on a video cassette. These days, she could have done one with the assistance of a smartphone.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: Great Aunt Gladys providing a video will... on a video cassette. These days, she could have done one with the assistance of a smartphone.

** After Homer hugs Patty and Selma and they insult him within earshot, there's a short scene where Homer packs the stationwagon with luggage. Bart complains, "Hey, Homer! This luggage is crushing me!" Homer retorts, "Hey, you don't hear Lisa complaining!" followed by a cut to show that [[ExactWords Lisa isn't complaining...because she's so smushed up against the window that she can't even speak]].

* WriteWhatYouKnow: The side story of Homer getting sick from eating an old sandwich is based on that happening to one of the writers.

* TalkingToHimself: A special case for Julie Kavner, who voiced Marge, her sisters, their mom and their mom's sister.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The side story of Homer getting sick from eating an old sandwich is based on that happening to one of the writers.
* TalkingToHimself: A special case for Julie Kavner, who voiced Marge, her sisters, their mom and their mom's sister.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The side story of Homer getting sick from eating an old sandwich is based on a real story of that happening to one of the writers.