Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)/References

Cultural references

 * This episode's title is a play upon both  and 's song "".
 * The episode features the songs "" by, "" by , "" by , and varied scorings of "".
 * The revelation of the brand new customized ice cream truck is a parody of  (which, coincidentally, had an episode in which a man had a broken-down ice cream truck that he wanted Xzibit to pimp out).
 * The scene where Homer gets dressed as an ice cream man is a reference to the opening of .
 * The TV show Marge watches, Opal, is a parody of . Opal reappears in "Husbands and Knives" and "Funeral for a Fiend".
 * When Homer is speeding to Marge's art show, the theme from the 1970s TV show  is heard.
 * Homer mistakes a huge Popsicle-stick sculpture of himself for.
 * The episode predicts a bleak future in which humanity is enslaved by anthropomorphic giant iPods.
 * When Snake hijacks the helicopter, he tells Kent Brockman about a "tie-up on the 101/405 interchange." The interchange between the 101 and 405 Freeways is actually in.

Continuity

 * Greta Wolfcastle makes a cameo in this episode.
 * This is the second time Homer drove an ice cream truck. He did it previously in "King-Size Homer".
 * When Marge Googles herself in "Marge Gamer", one of the results is "Marge Simpson - Springfield Folk Artist. An article about her Popsicle stick art sculptures."

Goofs

 * When Homer is getting dressed as an ice cream man, we see he needs two belts to get around his waist. Therefore, he has a buckle on his back waist as well as his front. In a couple of brief shots, the buckle on his back waist is gone. This happens BEFORE Homer rips his pants and is replaced with a belt that goes around all the way.
 * When Homer says "Give divorce a chance" Larry has Legs' colours.
 * When Homer trashes the front yard, Roger Meyers, Jr. has grey hair and a blue suit. Then he has brown hair and a green suit.