![]() In the DVD commentary, the creators also state that some of the effects in the film, such as the time lapse and the music, are a nod to the 1982 film Koyaanisqatsi.The song heard throughout Barney's film is "Un Bel di Vedremo," ("One fine day we'll see") from the opera Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini.Several parts of Pukahontas are based on the 1945 classic film The Lost Weekend, which is about an alcoholic writer.The film's title is a reference to the historical person Pocahontas.On a short episode of The Tracey Ullman Show where Bart was skateboarding, he said 'Cowabunga' when Lisa turned out superior to him. Ironically, the grand prize turned out to be a lifetime supply of Duff Beer. Cowabunga Even though Bart rarely uses it, the delightfully absurd word Cowabunga is a recurring joke and one of the show's most popular catchphrases. After a night of soul-searching, Homer concurred, and Pukahontas won the grand prize, having earned the votes of three of the five jury members. Later, when the jury cast their votes for the film festival's grand prize, Jay described Barney's movie as "sensitive, yet unfortunately-titled." He and Marge Simpson immediately voted for it to receive the grand prize. Movie critic Jay Sherman immediately said, "I think we have a winner." In the closing shot, the curtains billow as "Fin" appears on the screen.īarney's film drew wild applause, and more than a few tears, from the entire audience. Barney says, in voice-over, "Don't cry for me, I'm already dead." He puts the rose in the Duff bottle on the windowsill, and the petals slowly fall off, scattering in the breeze. The scene changes to a record player, then back to Barney on his couch, holding a rose to his nose. Gumble, this is a Girl Scout meeting." Barney replies, "Is it? Or is it that you girls can't admit you have a problem?" In the next scene, Barney, seated in a chair, apparently for an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, says, "My name is Barney Gumble and I'm an alcoholic." The camera zooms out to show that Barney is sitting in a circle with several girls wearing Scout uniforms. A tear leaks from his eye and rolls down his cheek. The shot changes back to Barney, who is now old, bald, and toothless, lying in the same gutter. The narration continues: "There's a line in Othello about a drinker: 'Now a sensible man, by and by a fool, and presently a beast.' That pretty well covers it." Next, in a time-lapse sequence, clouds in the sky pass by as the day changes to night and back to day again. He collapses and lays the bottle down with some beer still in it, and beer spills out and pours into a sewer grating. ![]() The scene shifts to Barney lying in a gutter drinking another Duff. ![]() Barney, narrating in voice-over, says, "My name is Barney Gumble. The shot changes to a view from above, now showing that Barney is lying on a couch. A hand reaches up, turns the bottle upside down, and the shot zooms out to reveal that Barney is drinking the beer. Yeah Bart, I am so Crunchy the Clown.Pukahontas opens with a shot of a Duff Beer bottle sitting on a windowsill with curtains billowing around it in the breeze. The judge, the jury, my lawyer, everybody!. I was pretty nervous so I used a little trick. RELATED: 25 Classic Movie Quotes You Probably Use All The Time (And Don't Even Realize It. So the next time somebody tells you carnie folk are good honest people. Treat Your Self Donna Meagle and Tom Haverford. You should always drink to enhance you social skills. ![]() It's called Greasy Joe's Bottomless Barbeque Pit! Oooh, I can still taste the sauce between my fingers and are you read for this? It's all you can eat!. That's one of those deals where they close the bars, isn't it?Īll I wanted to tell you about was this new barbeque joint. You know, this apartment complex caters to upscale young singles like me. If you get hungry in the middle of the night, there's an open beer in the fridge.
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