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** Governor Lepetomane: "[[wikipedia:Le Pétomane|Le Petomane]]" was the stage name of a French entertainer who was famous for being able to fart at will. It's not a coincidence that one of the most famous scenes in this movie is "cowboys farting after eating beans".
** One would have to be a fan of old American movies to get the following:
{{quote|'''Olson Johnson:''' Our fathers came across the prairie! Fought Indians! Fought drought, fought locusts, fought [[Doublew:Fort EntendreDix|fought Dix]]! Remember when [[wikipedia:Richard Dix|Richard Dix]] came in here, and tried to take over this town!?}}
** Similarly...
{{quote|"You'd do it for [[wikipedia:Randolph Scott|Randolph Scott]]." Scott was ''the'' Western hero for decades, but by the time this movie came out, he'd been retired and out of the public eye for ten years.}}