Skinner's Sense of Snow/References

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The episode title is a pun on the 1997 film Smilla's Sense of Snow.
The school mentioned on the radio "Springfield Elementary My Dear Watson Detective School" is a reference to Sherlock Holmes and his catchphrase, "Elementary, my dear Watson."

In the couch gag, Bart is wearing his football outfit from "Bart Star."
As Ned Flanders and Homer get ready to go rescue the kids from being stranded at Springfield Elementary School, Ned asks what happened to the plow from his old snowplow business (from the episode "Mr. Plow"). Homer denies ever having had a snowplow business, but (as Ned points out) he's wearing the jacket. As they start driving, Homer sings the jingle.

When the children are in flour sacks as they go to sleep, Bart rests his head on his red jacket. When Skinner switches the light off, it turns grey.
Principal Skinner decided to open Springfield Elementary, even though Superintendents are the people who would decide that.
When the kids are burning literature, someone throws Huckelberry Finn into the fire. Skinner then says that "It took [him] hours to cross out all the swear words", but his lips don't match the words.

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