Pygmoelian/References

Cultural references

 * The episode title is a pun on from Greek mythology.
 * When Duffman comes on stage, "" by plays.
 * Duffman says that trick beer pouring qualifies as course credit at.
 * The song playing over the trick beer pouring contest is "" by, which is similar to a scene in the movie .
 * Moe sings a sample of the song "" by and  when he's on the operating table.
 * In a flashback scene, Moe as a young man auditions for the role of Tad Winslow on It Never Ends, but is rejected by producer Helen Morehouse for being too ugly. Morehouse explains to a colleague, "I want Mary Ann on  ugly, not Cornelius on The Planet of the Apes ugly."
 * The announcement on It Never Ends is a parody of the opening announcement of .
 * The opening credits of It Never Ends are a parody of the opening credits of .
 * Homer appearing as an angel on It Never Ends is a reference to 's appearance as the Chef of the Future in the episode of  "Better Living Through TV".
 * Helen Morehouse allows Homer and Moe to change the soap opera on live TV, just like at the end of .

Trivia

 * Lenny says that no women have been in their bar, but in "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment", there were women in it.
 * This is one of the only three times a word has been censored on The Simpsons (words were also censored in "Treehouse of Horror IX" and "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?"). It is censored while Homer reveals the soap opera's plotline.
 * When the Simpsons arrive at the Duff Beer festival, they are wearing their normal clothes while on the way they are still wearing their pajamas.
 * In the season 23 episode "Them, Robot", in a flashback, Moe had the same handsome face when he was just a kid before getting stomped on by a parade elephant.
 * Bernice Hibbert and Manjula are among the women at Moe's despite both being married.

Goofs

 * When the children line up to go on the drunk simulator, Lewis has Wendell's colors.