Adjusted for inflation, the $75 bill for a hat would be about $686 in the year 2023. The $96 for storage would equal approximately $878; the $298 charges for shipping would equal approximately $2,727, and the $3.10/hour Ralph charges for opening the crate would equal about $28.
Lisa's replacement birthday present for Oliver is a full-sized model of the Eiffel Tower, made of wire hangers, by the artist LaTouche.
Oliver returns to using the phone on top of the pole because the Monroe brothers, when fixing the hole in the roof, cut the line to the kitchen phone.
According to Mr. Bennett, the phrase on the crate ("Karl Marx Is a Hothead") was by the county's great crate-writer Dooley Hickens. He claims Hickens has a piece on display at the Museum of Art in New York City that reads "Henry VIII Is a Sloppy Eater."