One scene that I probably would have changed in the episode to make it more historically accurate would be one of the very first scenes: the St. Patrick’s Day parade. The producers made it seem like the reason behind the desire for Prohibition was that kids were getting drunk, and that was definitely not the reason Prohibition started in the 1920's. It really started to eliminate "bad" things such as gambling, prostitution, violence in saloons, workplace accidents, etc. Instead, the producers of "The Simpsons" decided to add a modern twist by letting Bart get drunk at a St. Patrick's Day parade and having the townspeople protest it. Also, the judge tried to defend the presence alcohol in the town by saying that all of our forefathers were drunks… and that probably wasn't very accurate. Besides some other scenes that were added in purely for comedic effect and probably could've been more historically accurate, i.e. the scene where Moe's Bar turns into a pet shop, the rest of the episode was surprisingly accurate and fact-based.
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