The gun shop is based on the shop that the Los Angeles Police Department went to during the North Hollywood bank robbery to acquire more ammunition . The title of this episode is a play on the name of 1970s television series '' The Partridge Family '' . The end music is the theme to the 1960s series '' The Avengers '' , and the song playing when Homer is sitting and watching things go by while he is waiting five days for his gun is " The Waiting " by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers . Petty rarely let his music be used on television , but , being a fan of '' The Simpsons '' , he allowed them to use it
North Hollywood bank robbery
North Hollywood shootout
The Cartridge Family