 The episode makes several references to popular culture and history . One of the opening scenes sees Principal Skinner knocking out a man in a very similar manner to Mick Dundee in Crocodile Dundee . The episode includes a scene based on Francis Ford Coppola 's Apocalypse Now , where Lisa and Bob Hope escape the Fort Springfield stage . It also makes two references to Star Wars , where the caricature artist displays a caricature of Darth Vader and a montage shows Lisa with a double @-@ bun hairdo like Princess Leia . The Springfield Waxworks ' Chamber of Horrors contains Mr. T , Ronald Reagan and Dr. Ruth , and Laramie 's mascot Menthol Moose is a parody of Joe Camel . Musically , Homer mournfully sings a song , " Blimpy Boy " , to the tune of The Seekers ' " Georgy Girl " . Historically , there is a parody of the Hindenburg disaster , when the Duff Blimp crashes into the radio tower , to which Kent Brockman quotes " Oh , the humanity ! " When Lisa is sworn in as Little Miss Springfield on her front lawn , Marge is to her left wearing a pink suit @-@ dress in a pose similar to that of Jacqueline Kennedy in the famous photo of Lyndon B. Johnson being sworn in on Air Force One after John F. Kennedy 's assassination . 
