"What song was played at the end of the 1964 film ""Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb""?"
Dr. Strangelove "Fail-Safe" (1960) had been plagiarized from Peter George's "Red Alert", to which Kubrick owned creative rights. He pointed out unmistakable similarities in intentions between the characters Groeteschele and Strangelove. The plan worked, and "Fail Safe" opened eight months after "Dr. Strangelove", to critical acclaim but mediocre ticket sales. The end of the film shows Dr. Strangelove exclaiming, ""Mein Führer," I can walk!" before cutting to footage of nuclear explosions, with Vera Lynn singing "We'll Meet Again." This footage comes from nuclear tests such as shot BAKER of Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll, the Trinity test, a test from Operation Sandstone
$pringfield (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) sooner or later. The Rich Texan also makes his debut appearance in this episode, referred to as "Senator" by Homer. The title is a reference to the 1964 film "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb", the music of which was composed by Laurie Johnson. Two of his songs, "Happy-go-lively" and "Rue de la park" can be heard within the News on Parade segment at the beginning of the episode. Burns' bed looks similar to the one occupied by Keir Dullea's character Dave Bowman in the end of the 1968 film, "". Dustin Hoffman