History YMMV / TheSimpsonsS5E6MargeOnTheLam

** Is the near empty telethon to be a jab at public television and PBS? Or is it actually a TakeThatAudience, a moment of ThisLoserIsYou for overly popular culture and mainstream sensation-obsessed viewers who don't take the time to pick up some culture and taste?

* AlternativeJokeInterpretation: Wiggum either made [[WrongSongGag the exact mistake Ruth did]] by playing "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows" in lieu of a cooler song and [[ActuallyQuiteCatchy wound up getting into it]], or [[BaitAndSwitch that was the song he meant to play in the first place]]. Either way, point taken: he's a goof.

* HilariousInHindsight: When Lisa and Bart are seeing Marge off as she heads out for her night out with Ruth, Bart yells after her, "[[Music/TheClash Rock the Casbah]]!" Four seasons later, "Natural Born Kissers" would reveal that Homer and Marge use "Rock the Casbah" as a SexualEuphemism, and Bart ''knows about it'' (asking "Did you rock the casbah?" after they return from a weekend getaway), retroactively making it seem as if he's suggesting that Marge should cheat on Homer while she's out partying. It actually feels like pretty warranted snark about the over-the-top CrazyJealousGuy reaction Homer is having to Marge having a little fun without him.

* AlternativeJokeInterpretation: Wiggum either made [[WrongSongGag the exact mistake Ruth did]] by playing "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows" in lieu of a cooler song and [[ActuallyQuiteCatchy wound up getting into it]], or [[BaitAndSwitch that was the song he meant to punctuate the chase scene with in the first place]]. Either way, point taken: he's a goof.

* AlternateJokeInterpretation: Wiggum either made [[WrongSongGag the exact mistake Ruth did]] by playing "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows" in lieu of a cooler song and simply [[ActuallyPrettyCatchy decided to roll with it]], or [[BaitAndSwitch that was the song he meant to punctuate the chase scene with in the first place]]. Either way, point taken: he's a goof.

** That also begs the question as to whether or not they're able to put their arms back on.
* MemeticMutation:
** "Stupid TV! Be more funny!" is often used online whenever someone watches a bad television show, especially later episodes of ''The Simpsons''. The blog Dead Homer Society is a big time user of this phrase.
** Homer's "Always do opposite of what Bart says" card, often used on the internet with Bart's name replaced.

* MemeticMutation: "Stupid TV! Be more funny!" is often used online whenever someone watches a bad television show, especially later episodes of ''The Simpsons''. The blog Dead Homer Society is a big time user of this phrase.

* FridgeHorror: The emergency team are unnervingly quick to ''cut off Homer's arms'' as the first solution to un-lodge him from the vending machines. Combined with them referring to it as if something they've done before and the fact we see a ''skeletal arm inside one of the machines'', it's safe to say several people in Springfield weren't saved JustInTime like Homer was.

* HarsherInHindsight: When watched back to back with "New Kid On The Block". It appears Laura gets her standards for men from her mother and their dysfunctional family life, apparently (specifically, that Ruth's ex-husband was a LazyBum who ate, slept, drank beer, and refused to pay child support when they finally did end their marriage).

* HarsherInHindsight: When watched back to back with "New Kid On The Block". It appears Laura gets her standards for men from her mother and their dysfunctional family life, apparently (even though "New Kid on the Block" revealed that Ruth's ex-husband was her ex because he was too busy working to care for his family, while this episode revealed that Ruth's ex-husband was a LazyBum who ate, slept, drank beer, and refused to pay child support when they finally did end their marriage).

* HarsherInHindsight: When watched back to back with "New Kid On The Block". It appears Laura gets her standards for men from her mother and their dysfunctional family life, apparently.

* HarsherInHindsight: When watched back to back with New Kid On The Block. It appears Laura gets her standards for men from her mother and their dysfunctional family life, apparently.

* {{Squick}}: Homer kissing the giant pile of solid waste after he and Chief Wiggum are saved by it.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Despite becoming close friends with Marge and having an adventure together, Ruth's only appearance after this episode came ten years later.

* MemeticMutation: "Stupid TV! Be more funny!" is often used online whenever someone watches a bad television show (specifically, a later episode of ''The Simpsons''). The blog Dead Homer Society is a big time user of this phrase.

* MemeticMutation: "Stupid TV! Be more funny!" is often used online whenever someone watches a bad television show (specifically, a later episode of ''The Simpsons''). The blog Dead Homer Society (chronicling just how awful the Al Jean-run episodes of ''The Simpsons'' are and when exactly the show as a whole fell into SeasonalRot) is a big time user of this phrase.

* Squick: Homer kissing the giant pile of solid waste after he and Chief Wiggum are saved by it.