This episode marks the first appearance of the Crazy Cat Lady.
Eric Stefani (brother of No Doubt lead singer Gwen Stefani) animated the scenes of Mojo with Homer.
Clips of Bart in an anchorman's chair taken from this episode were reused during the original airing of the episode "Million Dollar Abie" to announce the upcoming film "The Simpsons Movie".
The song that plays when Kent Brockman is on the carousel is Turn turn turn, by the Byrds released in 1962 written by Pete Seeger in 1962.
This episode aired originaly 11 years after the first episode premiered.
Cultural References
This episode's title references the TV series Early Edition.
The Mattel Chocobot cartoon that replaced Kid News is a reference to the cartoons like Transformers and G I Joe from the 80s that were made to sell toys they were a partnership between Hasbro and Marvel
Goofs
Bart with his shoe colors reversed
When Bart was pounding on the door of Willie's shack, the colors of his shoes are reversed.
Space between the monkey's arm and the cash register
When Apu's monkey first sticks his hand out from behind the cash register, there is a wide gap between the register and his arm, making it look detached from his body.
When Marge complains about Mojo's health, Homer says, "What do you want? His cholesterol's through the roof." The closed captioning replaces, "What do you want?" with "Give him a break, Marge."
