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Trivia[]
- Homer mentioning co-workers saying they hate him could be a reference to Frank Grimes from Homer's Enemy.
- Apu and Manjula go to therapy for Apu's affair. (The Sweetest Apu)
- This episode never explains how Homer is able to drive again afterwards. Though, it is likely that Homer had to retake the driving test in order to regain his driving license afterwards.
Cultural references[]
- The name of this episode refers to Henny Youngman's line, "Take my wife, please". This line is also referred to by the Simpsons episodes "Take My Wife, Sleaze" and "Take My Life, Please". This joke was also mentioned in Little Big Girl, where Bart says "Take my wife, Please. Hey, I finally get that joke!"
- Homer's "I Love to Walk" song is a parody of "Talk to the Animals" from the 1967 animated film Doctor Dolittle.
- Homer sings Grandmaster Melle Mel's lines from Chaka Khan's song, I Feel for You on the karaoke microphone.
- The elderly couple that Homer passes by are a reference to Dennis' elderly neighbors, The Wilsons from Dennis the Menace.
- Homer’s quote “Calm down, Stresserella” is a reference to a princess Cinderella.
- Comic Book Guy’s quote “I can’t drive 55” is the name of the song from 1984.
- The car that the Comic Book Guy drives is an orange Volkswagen Beetle.
- Just before this scene, a man drives a white convertible Volkswagen Karmann Ghia down the street while Homer complains about having to walk to Moe's.
Goofs[]
- In the scene where Bart said he would bite his hand off, he looked fine. After Homer was reminiscing about himself going to the movie store, in the background you could see Bart without his handcuffs on, and he was in his bandage again.
- After Marge tells Homer she hates him, Homer says he never thought he heard it from her, but she did say she hated him when he tricked her to thinking Homer is in French Class in “The Way He Was.”
- The syrup on Bart’s pancakes disappears when Marge was shoving cereal into his mouth.
- If Homer weighed 239 pounds, then how was Bart able to lifted him up?
- After Homer pictures Marge as a doormat, his head snaps from looking to his left to looking forward at the doctor in a single frame.
Production Notes[]
August 22, 2002
- The final draft of this episode is dated August 22, 2002.[1]
- The episode was originally going to start out with Milhouse celebrating his birthday at the aquarium, as well as jokes about it also being Pat Morita's birthday.