The Real Housewives of Fat Tony/References

Trivia

 * This episode bears a reference to the in-show show "The Real Housewives of Shelbyville" as seen in "Boy Meets Curl".
 * When Lisa is in the woods with Bart enjoying the lollipop, she actually leaves a plastic bottle in nature on discovering that Bart can smell truffles.
 * Marge reveals that Disco Stu and Selma's marriage ended because Selma did not care for disco music.

Cultural references

 * The episode title is a reference to the reality TV series ', which is itself a play on the  comedy/drama/mystery series '.
 * Fat Tony's niece and nephews are parodies of people from the reality TV show . Vincent, "The Occurrence", is a parody of The Situation from Jersey Shore and Tushie is a parody of Snooki.
 * When Fat Tony loves Selma Bouvier, he sings  by Andrea Bocelli.
 * The last scene with a blazing New Jersey map is a parody of Bonanza famous intro

Goofs

 * Marge's head animation is slightly wider in some scenes of this episode.
 * When Bart catches the scent of truffles and runs up the stairs to the first floor, the scent leads him into the door of Homer and Marge's bedroom, however once inside the room, it is Lisa's. And, inside Lisa's room, a corridor leading to the other rooms can be seen opposite the room.
 * The door which leads to the Simpsons' basement is rectangular shaped rather than its usual circular shape.
 * Cletus' shack is strangely next to Springfield Elementary School.
 * When Homer and Marge arrive at the back of Fat Tony's house, the woman speaking sometimes closes her mouth when she is still speaking.
 * Fat Tony's mother, when praying, does not open her mouth when she prays.
 * Fat Tony's wife didn't have a big ring on her finger before and after the scene where she showed it.
 * Primo and Dante Calabresi, Jr. are visible at the wedding despite the fact that they are both dead.

Other Airdates
This episode aired on June 17, 2011 at 8:30pm on Sky1 in the UK, along with "A Midsummer's Nice Dreams", which had been pre-empted several times, one hour later.