The title is a reference to the 1982 West German epic adventure-drama film Fitzcarraldo.
Bart's chalkboard gag is a reference to Atlanta losing the 2017 Superbowl. It is also a reference to how many people say that The Simpsons is good at predicting things, for example, them predicting that Trump would become president in "Bart to the Future".
When Homer imagined his family as food, he imagined Bart as a Butterfinger bar. This is a reference to how Bart used to be star in Butterfinger commercials.
Abe's remark to Homer, "Well, you were young then, & your stupid now..." could possibly reference the Simpson Gene from 1998's episode of Lisa the Simpson19 seasons prior (Incase you don't know, it's a fictional gene in this show where all male Simpson family members would gradually lose their intelligence once they turn 8 years of age.).
The song playing when Homer passes by various restaurants was previously used in the "Dial "M" for Murder or Press "#" to Return to Main Menu" segment of "Treehouse of Horror XX".
Homer quotes Han Solo's line from Star Wars: The Force Awakens about finding the Millenium Falcon again.
The music that plays when Homer begins remembering the chili dogs is "Flower Duet" from either the opera Lakmé or Madama Butterfly.
At the end of the episode, the theme from the movie Chinatown plays.
Trivia[]
This episode was dedicated to Sooan Kim, a former Simpsons character layout artist and lead character layout artist, who passed away on January 20th, four weeks before this episode aired. A drawing of him, along with the words "IN LOVING MEMORY SIMPSONS ANIMATOR SOOAN KIM", was shown at the end of the episode.
This episode was originally supposed to have WABF03 as the production code.
Goofs[]
Selma with a purple hair curler
For some reason, on Hulu, when Skinner tells the parents to pick up kids in South Springfield, the subtitles say Chinatown instead of South Springfield.
When Krusty shows off his new menu items, he butchers the pronunciation of banh mi and pho. This may have been scripted.
When Selma excpains why they have been fired, one of her hair curlers turns purple for a frame.
Homer and Deuce both thought they were the same age, but both of them remember Homer as a child while Deuce was an adult.
