Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish/References

General

 * Homer arrives at work at 3pm (fashionably late?), but when he falls asleep and then wakes up he realizes it is 9:30PM, to which he phones Marge and claims "those 12-hour days are killing me!"
 * Burns drinks from 5:05pm until 8:30pm, but passes Homer at 9:30, meaning he stumbled drunkenly around the plant for a solid hour. Neither Homer nor Mr. Burns notice (or respectively choose to ignore) each other's shortcomings, in this case Homer's sleeping on the job and Burns' drinking on the job, as Burns accuses Homer of working late, which Homer does not say anything else and accepts the compliment "You and I are a dying breed." The chance meeting has Burns believe Homer is a hard-working employee who can be trusted, hence the unraveling of the episode.
 * 98% of Springfield voters see Mr. Burns as despicable or worse.

Errors

 * Springfield's state flag, as seen in this episode, has three horizontal bars: green, white, and red, with a blue star, with the motto "Not Just Another State" in the red part.

Previous episode references

 * At the retirement home, after Burns' election commercial, the Duff Beer commercial from "Homer's Odyssey" can be heard.
 * Bart's scrapbook contains a clipping headlined "Vandal Decapitates Town Statue... Who is El Barto?", referencing his own exploits in "The Telltale Head".

Cultural references

 * There are numerous visual and dialog references to Citizen Kane, including Burns making a speech in front of a huge poster of himself, and overturning furniture. Also, Burns' line, "You can't do this to me! I'm Charles Montgomery Burns!" is a reference to the line "You cannot do this to me, I am Charles Foster Kane!".
 * The above line is the first time that Mr. Burns' full name is revealed.
 * Burns mentions "slings and arrows", which is a phrase used in "Hamlet".
 * Other reference to Citizen Kane include Bart asking Homer "Is your boss governor yet?", like "Is Pop governor yet?", and showing Burns giving a speech in front of a gigantic poster of himself.
 * The title is a reference to President Herbert Hoover's 1932 reelection campaign slogan, "A car in every garage and a chicken in every pot."
 * "Mary Bailey" is the name of George Bailey's (played by Jimmy Stewart) wife in "It's a Wonderful Life", played by Donna Reed.

Censorship
For an unknown reason this episode is rated TV-14 in syndication.