 At the beginning of the episode , Lisa , Bart and Bart 's friends watch professional wrestling . The Russian wrestler in the ring , Rasputin , is named after mystic Grigori Rasputin . The monster truck at the rally , Truck @-@ o @-@ saurus , is a parody of the <unk> monster truck . In the hospital , Dr. Hibbert shows Bart a patient that tried to fly like Superman , and he also mentions the " three stooges " ward . Lance Murdoch is a parody of famous <unk> such as Evel Knievel and Matt Murdock , the alter ego of the Marvel Comics superhero Daredevil . Bart 's attempt to jump over Springfield Gorge is a reference to Knievel 's 1974 attempt to jump Snake River Canyon at Twin Falls , Idaho , with a <unk> X @-@ 2 . Bart appearing at Springfield Gorge in the distance is based on Omar Sharif 's entrance in Lawrence of Arabia . 
