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Cultural References[]
- The title of this episode is a reference to the 1997 action thriller film Con Air.
- the framing device of the episode is C-SPAN5 broadcasting testimony given at Joint Committee on Terrible Events.
- C-SPAN has 3 TV channels: C-SPAN: Focuses on the U.S. House of Representatives. C-SPAN2: Focuses on the U.S. Senate and C-SPAN3: Airs other government hearings and related programming. C-SPAN5 is a gag on the many C-SPANs and C-SPAN5 would be the lowest interest.
- Before the testimony begins C-SPAN5 network logo is shown next to the dome of the U.S. Capitol.
- In the United States Congress, joint committees has members from both the Senate and the House.
- Senator Selter is a reference to Senator Chuck Schumer.
- During Homer's big speech inside the plane's jail, one of the background characters is based on Cameron Poe, the lead in Con Air played by Nicolas Cage.
- The Stressed Woman could likely be based on an August 2023 incident involving 38-year-old Tiffany Gomas. In an airplane cabin, Gomas warned fellow passengers that the plane was not safe; she also warned them about an individual at the back of the plane who was supposedly not real.[1]
Trivia[]
- Joel, the flight attendant, was named after staff writer Joel H. Cohen.
- Miss Hoover is in the plane's lavatory with the "Mile-High Book Club" who are reading Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen.
Continuity[]
- The writers originally got Bouvier from the maiden name of Jackie Onassis whose family were not Cajun. Previously the Bouviers were simply French and Cajuns are distinct from French in several ways, including their language, culture, and food.
- The character design of the flight attendant at the boarding gate was used in "Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson".
- Mr. Burns also owned a no-frills discount airline in "Waitresses in the Sky" from "Simpsons Comics 16".
Goofs[]
- Sideshow Mel and Richard Texan appear in the non-first-class section where Homer accidentally pushed the flight attendant, while both are still in the first-class section.