Am I the only one around here...
Who was not educated by pop culture references,
But actually remembers reading this in school?
Yeah, yeah, I get it, it's fun when we find subtle references to pop culture in the greater world around us. But it just seems wrong when the pop reference replace the actual culture (or maybe the irony is so subtle as to seem non-ironic, ironically--or something).
Somebody should update the wikipedia page with a "References in Pop Culture" section.