Sunday, Cruddy Sunday/References

Cultural references

 * The coach in Homer's fantasy about going to the Super Bowl bears a striking similarity to long time Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry.
 * The use of Vincent Price in the phone message is a reference to a fake radio commercial for Coke that used sound bites of Vincent Prince from his films.

Trivia

 * Caricature-drawing Troy Aikman's line ("You like dune buggies? Everybody likes dune buggies!") is a reference to a similar line from a caricature artist drawing almost identical pictures in Season 4's "Lisa the Beauty Queen" ("You like roller skating? Everybody likes roller skating!")
 * During the Gracie Logo films Rupert Murdoch shouts "Silence!".
 * Among the characters Homer takes to the Super Bowl are Lenny, Carl, Bart, Barney, Wally, Rev. Lovejoy, Ned Flanders, Dr. Hibbert, Dr. Nick Riviera, Charlie, Comic Book Guy, Moe, Hans Moleman, Squeaky-voiced teen, Blue-Haired Lawyer, Krusty the Clown, Sideshow Mel, Chief Wiggum, Bumblebee Man, The Sea Captain and Kirk Van Houten.
 * The name of "Wally Kogen" was a composite of 2 early Simpsons' writers: Jay Kogen & Wallace (Wally) Wolodarsky.