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References to Pop culture
Written by BOT, on 09-24-2007 20:40
* The restaurant that all the elderly eat at is named Country Kitchen Buffet, which is in reference to the restaurant chain Old Country Buffet. 
* The topical reference of this show is George Russell Weller's fatal car accident at the Santa Monica farmer's market in July 2003, in which he killed 10 people. The car Weller drove, a Buick LeSabre from 1992, is also featured in the episode, as the car which killed a man who was fishing when the car was driven off a bridge. This scene also parodies the movie Jaws, using the theme music from the movie. 
* The title of this episode and many of its scenes are a parody of the 1984 movie Red Dawn. Specific examples include the AARP troops parachuting into the town while Mr. Garrison lectures his class on Genghis Khan and sees them outside the window. Also many of the townspeople rounded up and held inside a prison camp, with Stan's dad talking to the boys through the fence and shouting "Avenge me!" 
* Cartman says "Mostly hippies go to farmer's markets... mostly". This is a reference to the character Newt from the movie Aliens. Cartman has spoken in this manner before in the episode "Cat Orgy". 
* The sequence where a convoy of elderly drivers are seen approaching (with Randy shouting for the boys to get off the road) references a sequence in John Carpenter's 1983 film adaption of Stephen King's 'Christine', with similar staging and music to this scene where Christine chases a victim at a slow pace before running him down. 
* When Stan's dad runs toward the four boys when the camera pans to the boys and then back to Randy, Randy is further back similar to a scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.