Barting Over/References

Cultural References

 * The scene in which Homer is sitting at his computer with a large glass of whiskey, watching Bart on the live feed from Tony Hawk's webcam, and says "Of all the sites, on all the web, I had to click onto his..." is a reference to a classic scene in the film Casablanca, in which Humphrey Bogart's character, Rick, sits at a table in his bar, drinking a large glass of whiskey, and says "Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine...". The music that starts playing at the end of Homer's line is "As Time Goes By", which is played several times in Casablanca, including during the aforementioned scene.
 * The title of this episode comes from the title of the 1979 Bert Reynolds movie, Starting Over.

Trivia

 * This episode was advertised to be the 300th episode of The Simpsons, but, in production code order, it is the 302nd episode.
 * This is referenced in the episode itself. When Homer challenges Tony Hawk to the skate-off, Marge asks how many times Homer has done something crazy. Lisa then pulls out an actual counter that she clocks over to 300. Marge questions the number, saying she "thought it was 302".


 * When Bart notices that he was in a commercial about a drug altering babies' breath, Bart mentions that he didn't remember being in a commercial, and then takes out a Butterfinger to bite on. This was a reference to the Butterfinger ads that the Simpsons characters were in, with Bart starring in them.