History Trivia / TheSimpsonsS4E4LisaTheBeautyQueen

* DescendedCreator: Staff writer Lona Williams portrays Lisa’s rival Amber Dempsey (this happened because Williams herself had been a child pageant queen in her own childhood, albeit the more cuddly and fun local versions from that era, not the modern Honey Boo Boo and Paisley Dickey-style ones of the TurnOfTheMillennium and TheNewTens).

* DescendedCreator: Staff writer Lona Williams portrays Lisa’s rival Amber Dempsey (this was because Williams herself had been a child pageant queen in her own childhood, albeit the more cuddly and fun local versions from that era, not the modern Honey Boo Boo and Paisley Dickey-style ones of the TurnOfTheMillennium and TheNewTens.

* DescendedCreator: Staff writer Lona Williams portrays Lisa’s rival Amber Dempsey.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** Laramie Cigarettes sponsoring an event to waive the 1971 broadcast advertising ban would become this by the late 1990s, when all tobacco advertising was prohibited in the US, partly as a result of the furor surrounding Joe Camel, parodied here as Menthol Moose.
** Creator/BobHope is depicted as alive in the episode. He died in 2003 at the age of 100. Kent Brockman also mentions an interview he did with Pope John Paul II, who died in 2005 and was canonized nine years later.
** While the child beauty pageant isn't depicted in a positive light, it's hard to imagine a satire of them being made today without acknowledging their attempts to sexualize kids or [[PaedoHunt rampant pedophilia]] (the one in the episode explicitly ''doesn't'' have a swimsuit section, though Bart does mention "taping a swimsuit to your butt" as a trick of the trade), and there isn't a deranged StageMom in sight. The writers even admitted on the DVDCommentary that they couldn't make an episode like this these days as people now have a much darker view on child pageants after the mysterious death of child contestant [=JonBenet=] Ramsay.

** Bob Hope is depicted as alive in the episode. He died in 2003 at the age of 100. Kent Brockman also mentions an interview he did with Pope John Paul II, who died in 2005 and was canonized nine years later.
** While the child beauty pageant isn't depicted in a positive light, it's hard to imagine a satire of them being made today without acknowledging their attempts to sexualize kids or [[PaedoHunt rampant pedophilia]] (the one in the episode explicitly ''doesn't'' have a swimsuit section, though Bart does mention "taping a swimsuit to your butt" as a trick of the trade), and there isn't a deranged StageMom in sight. The writers even admitted on the DVD commentary that they couldn't make an episode like this these days as people now have a much darker view on child pageants after the mysterious death of child contestant [=JonBenet=] Ramsay.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: Jeff Martin based the episode on some of his own experiences, such as the scene where Lisa has a caricature of herself drawn.

* ShoutOut: While at the beauty parlor, Lisa's possible styles include Bo Derek's braids from ''[[Film/{{Ten}} 10]]'', a hi-top fade in the style of [[Film/HouseParty Kid and Play]], [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]]'s side buns, and even [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Marge]]'s six-foot tall hair (only colored blond instead of blue[[note]]which, according to the season five finale "Secrets of a Successful Marriage", is actually a dye job because Marge has been "...gray as a mule since she was 17."[[/note]]).

* ShoutOut: While at the beauty parlor, Lisa's possible styles include Bo Derek's braids from ''[[Film/{{Ten}} 10]]'', a hi-top fade in the style of [[Film/HouseParty Kid and Play]], [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]]'s side buns, and even [[westernAnimation/TheSimpsons Marge]]'s six-foot tall hair (only colored blond instead of blue[[note]]which, according to the season five finale "Secrets of a Successful Marriage", is actually a dye job because Marge has been "...gray as a mule since she was 17."[[/note]]).

* ShoutOut: While at the beauty parlor, Lisa's possible styles include Bo Derek's braids from ''[[Film/{{Ten}} 10]]'', a hi-top fade in the style of [[Film/HouseParty Kid and Play]], and [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] cinnamon buns.

* EditedForSyndication: Two scenes from the beginning school carnival sequence were cut when the episode went into free-to-air TV syndication in America. The scenes have since been restored when the episode was put on DVD and are available on FXX and Disney Plus:
** One scene where Otto operates a rocket ride and Bart tells him to crank up the speed. Otto does so, and one of the cars on the ride crashes into the side of the school. Otto then runs off to Mexico as an angry mob chases him down. This edit is worth noting because, without that scene, viewers who have never seen the uncut version of the episode before won't know why there's a smoking hole in the side of the school.
** A short scene of Milhouse going inside a shack labeled a "Spook House," which is little more than school bullies/resident thugs Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney standing under a bare bulb and beating up any kid who comes inside. When Milhouse comes out, Bart goes inside and gets the same treatment.
* ShoutOut: While at the beauty parlor, Lisa's possible styles include Bo Derek's braids from ''Film/{{Ten}}'', a hi-top fade in the style of [[Film/HouseParty Kid and Play]], and [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia's]] side buns.

** While the child beauty pageant isn't depicted in a positive light, it's hard to imagine a satire of them being made today without acknowledging their attempts to sexualize kids or [[PaedoHunt rampant pedophilia]] (the one in the episode explicitly ''doesn't'' have a swimsuit section, though Bart does mention "taping a swimsuit to your butt" as a trick of the trade), and there isn't a deranged StageMom in sight[[note]][[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter they could have easily made Amber Dempsey's mom into one, considering that her daughter got eyelash implants, which are only legal in Paraguay]][[/note]]. About the only shocking things about this child pageant are that it's a scam to pick a child spokesperson for Laramie Cigarettes, Krusty thinking one of the girls will be disqualified because she posed in a porno magazine like what happened with Vanessa Williams, and one of the pageant girls mentions that someone named Tina Epstein[[note]]a dubious name in hindsight, thanks to Jeffrey Epstein[[/note]] may have an eating disorder ("If you're going to binge, you better purge"). The writers even admitted on the DVD commentary that they couldn't make an episode like this these days as people now have a much darker view on child pageants after the mysterious death of child contestant [=JonBenet=] Ramsay.

* EditedForSyndication: Two scenes from the beginning school carnival sequence were cut when the episode went into syndication. The scenes have since been restored when the episode was put on DVD:
** One scene where Otto operates a rocket ride and Bart tells him to crank up the speed. Otto does so, and one of the cars on the ride crashes into the side of the school. Otto then runs off to Mexico as an angry mob chases him down. Worth noting because, without that scene, viewers (who have never seen the uncut version of the episode before) won't know why there's a smoking hole in the side of the school.

** While the child beauty pageant isn't depicted in a positive light, it's hard to imagine a satire of them being made today without acknowledging their attempts to sexualize kids or [[PaedoHunt rampant pedophilia]] (the one in the episode explicitly ''doesn't'' have a swimsuit section), and there isn't a deranged StageMom in sight. The writers even admitted they couldn't make an episode like this today as people had a much darker view on child pageants after the mysterious death of child contestant [=JonBenet=] Ramsay.

** While the child beauty pageant isn't depicted in a positive light, it's hard to imagine a satire of them being made today without acknowledging their attempts to sexualize kids or the [[PaedoHunt rampant pedophilia]] (the one in the episode explicitly ''doesn't'' have a swimsuit section). The writers even admitted they couldn't make an episode like this today as people had a much darker view on child pageants after the mysterious death of child contestant JonBenet Ramsay.

** While the child beauty pageant isn't depicted in a positive light, it's hard to imagine a satire of them being made today without acknowledging their attempts to sexualize kids (the one in the episode explicitly ''doesn't'' have a swimsuit section). The writers even admitted they couldn't make an episode like this today as people had a much darker view on child pageants after the mysterious death of child contestant JonBenet Ramsay.

** While the child beauty pageant isn't depicted in a positive light, it's hard to imagine a satire of them being made today without acknowledging their attempts to sexualize kids (the one in the episode explicitly ''doesn't'' have a swimsuit section).

** Laramie Cigarettes sponsoring an event to waive the 1971 broadcast advertising ban would become this by the late 1990s, when all tobacco advertising was prohibited in the US, partly as a result of the furore surrounding Joe Camel, parodied here as Menthol Moose.

* ShoutOut: While at the beauty parlor, Lisa's possible styles include Bo Derek's braids from ''Film/{{Ten}}'', a hi-top fade in the style of [[HouseParty Kid and Play]], and [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia's]] side buns.

* ShoutOut: While at the beauty parlor, Lisa's possible styles include Bo Derek's braids from ''Film/{{Ten}}'', a hi-top fade in the style of [[HouseParty Kid and Play]], and [[StarWars Princess Leia's]] side buns.

** Laramie Cigarettes sponsoring an event to waive the 1971 TV advertising ban would become this by the late 1990s, when all tobacco advertising was prohibited in the US, partly as a result of the furore surrounding Joe Camel, parodied here as Menthol Moose.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Bob Hope is depicted as alive in the episode. He died in 2003 at the age of 100. Kent Brockman also mentions an interview he did with Pope John Paul II, who died in 2005 and was canonized nine years later.

** A short scene of Milhouse going inside a shack labeled a "Spook House," which is little more than school bullies/resident thugs Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney standing under a bare bulb and beating up any kid who comes inside. When Milhouse comes out, Bart goes inside and gets the same treatment.