Realty Bites/References

Cultural References

 * The title is a reference to "".
 * Homer at one point sings Suzanne Vega's song "Luka".
 * Rod saying "Red room, red room" is a reference to "Red rum (actually "murder" backwards)" from "The Shining". A similiar thing happened in "Brother from the same planet" with Milhouse saying "Trab pu kcip", "Pick up Bart" backwards.

Trivia

 * This is the first appearance of Gil.
 * First appearance of Cookie Kwan.
 * Originally, the piano wire was supposed to cut Kirk's sandwich, until George Meyer asked if it could cut off his arm.
 * Among the people at the unemployment office are Larry Burns, Lurleen Lumpkin, Kirk Van Houten and George Meyer.
 * This is the last speaking role of Lionel Hutz.
 * The murder house is modeled after the Bates home in Alfred Hitchcock's movie Psycho.
 * The number on Snake's prison uniform is "7F20", this is the production code for the episode "The War of the Simpsons" which was the episode Snake first appeared in.

Goofs

 * The house that Lionel Hutz says is on fire is actually not on fire.