Writer:	Michael Price
Director:	Bob Anderson
Star:	Julie Kavner (Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier),  Hank Azaria (Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Lou, and others),  Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson),  Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and others),  Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, and others),  Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, and others)
Recurring Role:	Russi Taylor (Martin Prince, Sherri, Terri and others),  Karl Wiedergott (Additional Voices),  Tress MacNeille (Agnes Skinner, Brandine Del Roy, Dolph and others),  Marcia Wallace (Edna Krabappel),  Pamela Hayden (Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones, and others)

This is at least the second time "The Simpsons" have used the "major malfunction" line from Full Metal Jacket. The first time was in the episode "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming." The actor who delivered the line was R. Lee Ermey, who played Sergeant Hartman in the movie. (edit) The music heard in the Super Bowl commercial for Blue Pants is "Baby Elephant Walk" by Henry Mancini, composed for the 1962 film "Hatari!". This song was also used in "Dancin' Homer." (edit) This is the second full-episode musical parody in the same vein as "The President Wore Pearls" which spoofed "Evita" during Season 15. (edit) Blackboard Joke: None.
Couch Gag: In claymation-style there are a number of clay balls that roll into the living room and eventually wind up on the couch and render into the family members plus one. That plus one is Gumby (of Gumby and Pokey fame) and he waves at the family. (edit)

(Bart finds Lisa's saxophone in the freezer)
Bart: Why did I put this in here?
Lisa: My saxophone!
(Lisa tries to play the cold saxophone and her lips get stuck to it)
Bart: Oh, yeah, that's right. (edit) Willie: My grandfather used to get sent down into the mines to make sure it was safe for the canaries. (edit) Mr. Krupt: (After hitting a student in the face with the ball.) Aw come on, those were just baby teeth! (edit) Willie: Lisa, you're a sweet lass, but it's hopeless, like my dad told me. (flashback)
Willie's dad: You'll never amount to anything! You were born trash, and you'll be lucky if you grow up to be garbage!
Baby Willie: Arr goo gook?
Nurse: Would you like to cut the cord?
Willie's dad: Let him cut it himself! It's time he learned life ain't one big party!
Adult Willie: (sobbing) That was the last time we really talked! (edit) Homer: How long is this commercial anyway?
Eli Stern VI: I don't know. I've never made it to the end. (edit)

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Fred Astaire:
At the end of the episode, Willie begins singing "Cheek to Cheek" and dancing with his mop. Fred Astaire's singing "Cheek to Cheek" while dancing with a feathery Ginger Rogers is one of the most famous numbers from the 1934 musical Top Hat. Willie's dancing with his mop echoes Fred Astaire's famous dance with a hat rack in the 1951 musical Royal Wedding. (edit) "If I had your voice I'd talk-sing everything"
This comment is a poke at Rex Harrison who played Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, which this episode is based on. Harrison was not much of a singer and talked his way through most of his songs in the movie. (edit) The scene where Bart threatens the gym teacher with a dodgeball filled with ice is an allusion to the scene in the 1987 Stanley Kubrick film Full Metal Jacket, in which Private Pyle shoots Sergeant Hartman. The line "What is your major malfunction?" is taken directly from the movie. (edit) The bullies make a wager and a balloon is flown just like in the 1956 Academy Award winning (Best Picture) film "Around the World in 80 Days." The film was based on a Jules Verne novel. (edit) My Fair Lady:
The title of this episode and its plot are based on the musical and film, My Fair Lady. The song parodies featured come from the show, such as Homer's "I'm Getting Blue Pants in the Morning," which parodies "Get Me to the Church on Time." Other songs from the musical parodied in this episode include: "On the Street Where You Live," "The Rain in Spain," and "I Could Have Danced All Night." (edit)