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Trivia[]
- This is the last episode to have a Korean dub.
- This is the last episode in the European Spanish dub to have Carlos Revilla as the voice of Homer Simpson, as Revilla would die. For European Spanish viewers, Revilla's death (and the increasing decline in the show's quality in America) is the "jump the shark" moment for the series.
- Most reruns have Springfield's actual location as southern Missouri instead of northern Kentucky while the DVD version has four different deleted scenes with four different locations mentioned.
- Internationally, this was the last episode to be PAL-toned (until "Take My Life, Please"). However, the recent UK DVD releases still have the episodes as PAL-toned rather than NTSC-toned.
Cultural References[]
- Behind the Music: The episode title and the overall format of the show (including the narrator Jim Forbes).
- E! True Hollywood Story: The episode's premise about a TV show cast that becomes popular, only for it to fall apart due to the pitfalls of fame is more on par with this show rather than Behind the Music, as E! True Hollywood Story has had episodes about the rise and fall of TV show casts (one episode even focused on The Simpsons' rival show on FOX, Married...With Children).
- M.C. Hammer: Homer buys the rapper's mansion and renames it "Homer Time".
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (cartoon shorts):
- Homer names his pet pig "Mr. Porky" after Porky Pig.
- After the disaster at the fair, the family is written off with "That's All, Folks!"
- Richie Rich (comic book character): Gets hired to replace Bart.
- David Letterman's Oscars-hosting stint: Lisa hosted the Oscars and bombed out.
- Ozzie and Harriet (TV series): An entertainer and his family create a sitcom about their lives.
- Latoya Jackson: Lisa writing a tell-all book about how abusive her famous family is and gets backlash from it.
Previous Episode References[]
- The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular: A special episode that gives viewers a "behind-the-scenes" look at the show.
- Bart's Inner Child: Someone gets drunk on fortified wine (Troy McClure was paid $50 and a can of fortified wine for appearing on "Adjusting Your Self-O-Stat"/Marge says that being a parent nearly drove her to drink fortified wine).
- The Front: A Simpson's disastrous stint at an awards show.
- 22 Short Films About Springfield and Sunday, Cruddy Sunday: An episode where multiple writers are credited.
- Treehouse of Horror II ("Lisa's Dream: The Monkey's Paw"): The Simpsons become rich and famous.
- Treehouse of Horror II ("Lisa's Dream: The Monkey's Paw"), Homer and Apu, Homer's Barbershop Quartet, Bart Gets Famous: A Simpson family member (one or all of them) cut(s) an album (Homer and Marge's "Man Smart, Woman Is Smarter", which Otto hates/Homer mentions that Grampa released an album that sounds worse than Lisa playing the shenai/Homer's B-Sharps albums/Bart covers M.C. Hammer's "Can't Touch This" when he becomes known as the "I Didn't Do It" boy/The Simpsons cutting Simpsons Boogie and Simpsons Christmas Boogie).
- Three Men and a Comic Book: reference to Richie Rich (Lisa thinks Richie Rich is what Casper the Friendly Ghost looked like when he was alive/Richie Rich takes over for Bart after Bart gets in trouble for drug abuse).
- Rosebud, Marge in Chains, Marge Gets a Job and E-I-E-I-D'oh: Jimmy Carter appears or is mentioned (gets barred from Mr. Burns' party because he was a one-termer President/Springfield is forced to buy a statue of him because the town didn't have enough money for an Abraham Lincoln statue/Marge voted for Carter twice and Lisa puts it down on her resume as "worked for the Carter administration"/builds a house for Habitat for Humanity/Jimmy Carter introduces The Simpsons at the Iowa State Fair and breakdances when the family breaks up the act).
- The Principal and the Pauper, Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield, and Eight Misbehavin': According to this episode, all three of these episodes were done as a cheap, gimmicky way to get ratings by way of outrageous stories and needless celebrity cameos (even though "Scenes..." is generally considered one of the classic era episodes from seasons one to eight).