Brush with Greatness/References

Cultural references

 * During the scene of the line up at Mt. Splashmore, there is a frame of an optical illusion similar to the  print from the artist
 * When Homer decides to go on a diet, he says, "As God is my witness, I'll always be hungry again!", referencing 's quote, "As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again!" from .
 * Much of the music and scenes of Homer's workouts are similar to the training montage in .
 * When Homer walks to the scale to weigh himself, the theme music from  plays.
 * A copy of the Andy Warhol painting Campbell's Soup Cans is visible in the art gallery where Marge's portrait of Mr. Burns is unveiled.

Trivia

 * People seen in the long line at Mt. Splashmore include:
 * J. Loren Pryor
 * Otto
 * Kim
 * Howard, Sr.
 * Springfield Nuclear Power Plant Wife
 * Bold mother
 * Keyboard player

Goofs

 * Homer weighs 239lbs in this episode; he was the same weight in "Homer's Night Out" and "King-Size Homer". By the end of the episode he is down to 225 pounds.
 * When Carl Carlson speaks in the episode, it is Lenny's voice actor.
 * When Krusty was being pressed by News Reporters about the incident at Mt. Splashmore with the H2WHOA!! and his attempts at driving them away, he apparently wipes away the "white makeup" on his head, despite the fact that it was implied in "Homer's Triple Bypass" that Krusty's bypass surgery that gave him a pacemaker permanently bleached his skin white.