Previous Episode References
- The anchor shown when Lisa switches back and forth between the Fox Network and the Fox News Channel looks like Birch T. Barlow, the Rush Limbaugh-esque right-wing radio show pundit from season six's "Sideshow Bob Roberts"
- In this episode, Kent Brockman gets in trouble for saying something obscene on TV after Homer spills coffee on his lap. In the season four finale, "Krusty Gets Kancelled", Brockman mutters, "That oughta hold those SOBs" during a newscast about Gabbo the puppet bad-mouthing the children of Springfield and, according to a newspaper headline, gets fired for his transgression (though later episodes show Brockman working as anchor). Brockman again swears on live TV (but is not seen to get in trouble for it) in season five's "Bart's Inner Child", when he adds to a report, "...and this reporter thinks it's about fing time."
- During Marge's run home, Laddie (the well-trained collie Bart bought with a credit card) from season eight's "The Canine Mutiny" is seen.
- Homer has a "Wall of Casual Acquaintances Who Came to Stay for a While', with 8x10 photos of Artie Ziff, Apu, Krusty the Klown, Groundskeeper Willie, Nelson Muntz, Sideshow Bob, Otto, Kodos, Gil, and Stampy.
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