72 RIP James Earl Jones (archive.is) posted 9 days ago by dagthegnome 9 days ago by dagthegnome +76 / -4 41 comments share 41 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Old TV had enough respect for the audience to drop in references like that and assume they'd either know or ask someone who did.
The thing about good writing like on those Simpsons episodes is that catching a reference or background detail would often enhance the joke, but even if you didn’t catch everything the main bits were still strong on their own.