Cultural References
Gramps: A fellow named William Tell shot an apple off his boy's head with a bow and arrow.
William Tell was a 14th century Swiss patriot who was forced to shoot an apple off his son's head as punishment for slighting the Austrian tyrant Gessler. Tell used a crossbow rather than a bow and arrow.
Gramps: And I'm the Queen of England.
The coronation of Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953 was the first coronation to be televised.
Porky: You can't bat a thousand.
An expression from American baseball. To bat a thousand means to succeed every time. If a batter has achieved a hit every time at bat he is said to be "batting a thousand."