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Naming Origin

On the April 11, 2006 episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, former Simpsons writer Conan O'Brien revealed, in an interview with Hank Azaria, that he came up with the name Jub-Jub for the iguana, as it was a phrase he used to break awkward silences. Late Night with Conan OBrien is an Emmy Award-winning American late night talk show that is syndicated worldwide. ... Conan Christopher OBrien (born April 18, 1963)[1] is an Emmy-winning American comedian, writer and television personality best known as host of NBCs late-night talk/variety show Late Night with Conan OBrien. ... Hank Albert Azaria (born April 25, 1964 in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, United States) is an American actor, director, comedian and voice artist. ...

Plot

Homer and the kids are looking forward to going to Duff Gardens, but on the day of their trip, Marge appears distressed that Great Aunt Gladys has died. The trip to Duff Gardens is postponed; the Simpsons attend her funeral and the subsequent reading of her will. On the video will, Great Aunt Gladys warns Patty and Selma not to die alone without a husband and children as she did. Selma starts to worry that her biological clock may be ticking and decides to find a way to become pregnant. Selma tries video dating and eventually considers an anonymous sperm donor (Barney Gumble). She also goes on a blind date with Hans Moleman, who she then decides is too ugly to be the father of her children. Gladys Bouvier Gladys Bouvier was a character in The Simpsons. ... In the common law, a will or testament is a document by which a person (the testator) regulates the rights of others over his property or family after death. ... The Bouvier Sisters (Patricia Patty and Selma, voiced by Julie Kavner) are fictional characters on The Simpsons. ... A biological clock enables an organism to anticipate periodical changes in their environment. ... A Net dating service, also known as online dating or Internet dating, is an example of a dating system and allows individuals, couples and groups to meet online and possibly develop a romantic or sexual relationship. ... A sperm donor is a person who gives or more usually sells his sperm, to a sperm bank, primarily for the purpose of assisting a woman anonymous to him to conceive via artificial insemination. ... Barnard Barney Gumble is a character on The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta. ... A blind date is a date where the people involved have not met each other previously. ...

Meanwhile, Homer becomes ill after eating a spoiled hoagie, and is too ill to take the children to Duff Gardens and Marge must stay behind to nurse him. Marge, in an effort to give Selma a chance to experience the responsibilities of motherhood, nominates her to take Bart and Lisa. The kids wear Selma out at Duff Gardens: Lisa begins to hallucinate after being dared by Bart to drink tainted water from an aquatic ride, and Bart is detained by park security after sneaking on and having to be rescued from The Barrel Roll Rollercoaster after it gets stuck on a loop. After these negative experiences with Bart and Lisa, Selma decides she can live without children and adopts Jub-Jub, Gladys' pet iguana instead. The hoagie is the term for a lunch sandwich in a region including Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, Delaware, and parts of New York. ... A hallucination is a false sensory perception in the absence of an external stimulus, as distinct from an illusion, which is a misperception of an external stimulus. ... The following is a list of animals appearing in the Fox animated television series The Simpsons. ... For other members of the family Iguanidae, see Iguanidae. ...

Cultural references

• Homer and Bart start to sing "Ding Dong! The Witch is dead" from The Wizard of Oz.
• Marge's flashback of her and her sisters swimming in a lake is based on The Prince of Tides.
• The poem that Great Aunt Gladys reads at the start of her video will is The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost.
• Duff Gardens and its attraction parodies well-known theme parks in the United States. Its name is a parody of another amusement park owned by a brewing company, Busch Gardens.
• After Lance Murdoch jumps some flaming school buses, he is asked what he going to do next. He replies "I'm going to Duff Gardens", a reference to the slogan "I'm Going to Disneyland!".
• The song and ride that Bart, Lisa and Selma go on, with animatronic kids from all over the world singing a saccharine, repetitive song, is a parody of the ride and song "It's a Small World" at Disneyland.
• The song that the group "Hooray For Everything" sings is a cover of the song "Walk On The Wild Side" by Lou Reed, with the lyrics changed from the Lou Reed version which goes "She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side, and the colored girls go, doo doo doo, doo ..." while the "Hooray For Everything" lyrics go "Hey kids, take a walk on the wild side and all the races sing, doo doo doo, doo..."
• Lisa's hallucinogenic state refers to several novels and works of art. Firstly, she sees Selma as a monster with a pair of snarling teeth where her shoulder is, a nod to the artistic style of Ralph Steadman the artist for various novels by Hunter S. Thompson.
• When she yells 'I am the Lizard Queen', this is a reference to Jim Morrison (lead singer of the 60's rock band 'The Doors'), who used to refer to himself as 'the Lizard King'.
• The parade where Lisa dances in her drunk state is a parody of Disney World's Electrical Parade.
• The ending, a camcorder recording of Selma holding Jub-Jub and singing "You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman", was based on the famous Murphy Brown episode where her son is born..

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See also

• Beeramid

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External links

• "Selma's Choice" episode capsule at The Simpsons Archive

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