Mad About the Toy/References

Cultural references

 * The name of the episode is a reference to the song "" by.
 * Homer sings a parody of "Love and Marriage" by Frank Sinatra, the theme song of Married... with Children.
 * Homer mentions Al Bundy and says that he's now on Modern Family, referring to Bundy's actor playing Jay Pritchett on the show.
 * Homer and Marge leave the kids in the care of Amazon Alexa and Google.
 * Alexa mentions the.
 * Grampa mentions.
 * Games the family considers playing include ', ',  and Monopoly.
 *  photograph was seen on V.A. Hospital wall.
 * G.I. Bilked is a reference to G.I. Joe.
 * Grampa is invited to .
 * Lawrence O'Donnell mentions MSNBC, and NBC.
 * The song that plays when the family arrive in New York City is "" by.
 * Five Seasons New York hotel is a reference to the and the nearby in New York.
 * The family visit the n&n's Store, a parody of.
 * The song that plays during the photoshoot is "" by.
 * After leaving the photoshoot, Grampa went to see a Rock Hudson film to remind him what a real man is like. Rock Hudson was discreetly gay.
 * The song that plays when the family arrives in Texas is "Miles and Miles of Texas" by.
 * The family visits the Prada Marfa art installation. They also see the.
 * The song that Grampa sings in Marfa, "There's a Handsome Man in Texas", is set to the tune of "".
 * Philip Hefflin mentions a paper from.
 * When Grampa is talking about the old days, he gets annoyed at .
 * Grampa says that he is as straight as Gomer Pyle from The Andy Griffith Show and .

Trivia

 * The Title screen gag is a repeat of the one from "Haw-Haw Land", only changing the two years that go and come.

Continuity

 * The family has a bag of toy soldiers from Toys Were Us. ("Daddicus Finch")
 * The family visits the V.A. Hospital again. ("Havana Wild Weekend")