in a 1999 video collection of selected episodes called, The Simpsons: Greatest Hits, which also included the episodes "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", "Lisa's First Word", "Trash of the Titans", and "Bart Gets an 'F'. The episode was again included in the 2003 DVD release of the Greatest Hits set, which also included all the other episodes except "Trash of the Titans". "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" was also included in The Simpsons season five DVD set, which was released on December 21, 2004. Cultural references The episode's title is a reference to the 1971 Melvin Van Peebles film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. Skinner's quote "We'll always have the laundromat" is a reference to a famous quote by Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca. The beginning scene of the episode, in which Marge, Lisa, and Bart watch a home video, is a parody of the television series The Wonder Years; the Joe Cocker version of the song "With a Little Help from My Friends" from that series is also used in the background of the opening scene. The scene in which Santa's Little Helper runs through the school vent is a reference to a scene in the film Alien, as is Skinner's use of a heat-seeking tracer to pin down the positions of Groundskeeper Willie and Santa's Little Helper within the ventilation system. Skinner says he was shot in the back at a United Service Organizations (USO) show while trying to get "Joey Heatherton to put some pants on", a reference to American actress Joey Heatherton. Skinner's attire and shots of him running with his troops are references to the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket. Skinner tells Apu Nahasapeemapetilon of his plan to write a novel about an amusement park with dinosaurs called Billy and the Cloneasaurus, which Apu rightfully (and angrily, at great length) condemns as plagiarism; the book is a reference to the Michael Crichton novel Jurassic Park. When Martin is in a cage, he is singing the Toreador Song from the opera Carmen. In describing the relationship of Bart and Skinner, Lisa compares them to Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty, the famous characters from the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle detective stories; she also compares them to Mountain Dew and Mello Yello, which she describes as mortal enemies, concluding that Bart needs Skinner as an adversary in order to be truly happy. Reception Critical reception Since airing, the episode