Thursdays with Abie/References

Cultural references

• The title is a parody of "Tuesdays with Morrie", a novel that had a television movie adaptation starring Hank Azaria.
• The 1st part of the intro was a spoof of "Wizard Of Oz".
• When the newspaper is shown with Abe on it, his face resembles the popular internet meme The Awesome Face

Trivia

• The Hollywood stars seen departing the train are Jimmy Durante, Shirley Temple, W.C. Fields, James Cagney, Laurel and Hardy, and Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's Monster.
• The license plate Marge takes a photo of is "MABF02", which is the production code for the episode.
• Marshall Goldman's laptop is a Mapple computer, a company which has been seen before in a few other episodes.
• The song in the background of Abe's flashback is "Chattanooga Choo-choo" by Glenn Miller.
• Abe is almost surprised after he understands of being created by Jim Henson.
• This is the second episode where a Simpson makes an improvised zip line. The first was A Streetcar Named Marge.
• This is the second episode where someone takes interest in Abe's history. The first was Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish".
• This is the second episode where a Simpson cares about a lamb. The first was Lisa the Vegetarian.
• In Homer's first ramble, he says that he created Gracie Films.
• This is the first episode to air in 2010, meaning the first episode in the 2010s.

Goofs

• In the scene where Carl and Lenny lowered Homer onto the train, Lenny is shown without his five-o-clock shadow.
• After Larry the Lamb is ripped in half, Larry the Lamb is seen unharmed near the end of the episode. Someone could have fixed him.