Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson/References

Cultural references

• The title is a reference to Politically Incorrect, which was often called Politically Incorrect, with Bill Maher.
• The chalkboard gag is a reference to The Adventures of Tintin, which was released (in the United States) only a month before the episode aired.
• The music played in the background while people are watching Bart's clip is the same music as in the 1989 film Henry V during the St. Crispin's Day speech - both scenes deal with a rousing speech. This was also done similarly in "Boy Meets Curl" when Homer gives a speech.
• Homer calls James Madison Oscar Madison, a character from The Odd Couple.
• When Homer's video is "Philippine prisonered," this is a reference to the Dancing Inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in the Philippines. The Dancing Inmates became YouTube sensations thanks to their interpretations of several Michael Jackson songs, including "Thriller" and "They Don't Care About Us."
• The first song Ted Nugent sings is a parody of "Hail to the Chief". The second song Ted Nugent and Homer duet on in the closing credits is sung to the tune of Nugent's most famous hit, "Cat Scratch Fever."
• A mask of Homer made after he becomes famous again is actually a Shrek mask painted yellow.
• During one of his tirades on Gut Check with Homer Simpson, Homer shows the faces of the presidents on Mount Rushmore being replaced by:
  • Mao Zedong
  • Doctor Doom from Marvel Comics
  • Ruhollah Khomeini
  • Patty and Selma
• The Gravy Boat Movement started by Homer is an obvious parody of the Tea Party movement.
• Spiffany's is a parody of Tiffany's & Co., also known as Tiffany's.
• The "Liberal straw man's song" is a parody of "If I Only Had a Brain" by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg.

Trivia

• The Springfield International Airport sign proclaims "Built for the Olympics we didn't get," a reference to "The Old Man and the "C" Student."
• The plane appears to be a Boeing 737-200 (note the cigar shaped engines that the 200 series have) which is an older model built from the late 1960s to the 1980s. Most major airlines have retired this model.
• Bart says that he is uploading the video to YouTube, but Milhouse is seen watching it on MyTube. It's possible that someone may have reuploaded it to MyTube.
• At the end of the episode, Homer's new Gut Check with Homer Simpson logo is Angry Dad.
• This is the second episode where Homer gets a new job after starring in a viral video. The first was "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass".
• In French, the expression "au jus" means that the meat is served in its own juice, therefore without gravy.
• This is the first episode to air in 2012.

Goofs

• Bart says that he is uploading the video to YouTube, yet Milhouse is seen watching it on MyTube.
  • Someone may have reuploaded the video to MyTube. Popular videos often get reuploaded on the internet elsewhere.
• When Homer's clothes burst out of his suitcase, he caught his underwear on his tongue which went through it.
• When Homer was getting patted down, his beard was yellow, not brown.