Chalkboard: None

Couch: Repeat of the couch gag from "Blame it on Lisa" where The Simpsons are marionettes and Matt Groening is the puppet master.

Marge: Oh our little girl's got her own cheering section.
Homer: Hey, who doesn't.
Lenny: You tell her, Big H!
Carl: You're the man!
Moe: Ah you ain’t so hot!

Principal Skinner: Bart, your word is imply.
Bart: Imply. I-M-P…
Nelson: Bart said 'I am pee'. He's made of pee!
(students all laugh)
Bart: Well, I got my laugh. I'm outta here.
Ralph: I made Bart in my pants.

Seven Sisters: Give in, Lisa. Get a free ride.
George Plimpton: And a hotplate.
Seven Sisters: Free ride. Free ride. Free ride.
George Plimpton: And a hotplate.

This episode's title is an adaptation of “A Star is Born”, a 1937 romantic drama directed by William A. Wellman that starred Janet Gaynor & Fredric March which was later remade in 1954 starring Judy Garland & James Mason and remade yet again in 1976 starring Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson.