Homer the Smithers/References

Trivia

 * It is shown in this episode that Moe's Tavern number is 7648437 but the 7 must be used to contact an outside line. So the real number should be:648-4377.
 * The last four digits for Burns' office is 5246.
 * This is one of the few episodes in which Burns remembers Homer's name.
 * This is the second time Burns vows to get revenge on Homer but instead gets rewarded because he was too beneficial. The first time was in "Blood Feud".
 * Smithers uses a Macintosh computer, which doesn't have a mouse.
 * Homer would later be Burns' assistant in "Homer vs. Dignity".
 * When telling Smithers he doesn't need to diaper him or burp him, Mr. Burns proceeds to belch in a similar manner to Barney Gumble.

Goofs

 * When Burns and Smithers are driving away, Burns is shown answering the phone. Later in the same episode, it shows that he never does that himself.
 * When Burns sits back down after making his failed phone call to Smithers, his black eye disappears.
 * If Burns were really 104 years old, he would have been born long after the dodo became extinct.
 * Lisa is eating spaghetti and meatballs with the rest of the family in the first scene of the third act. This is a few episodes after she had officially turned vegetarian on Lisa the Vegetarian. Lisa's vegetarianism wasn't mentioned again until Homer's Phobia, so it may not have been considered to be canonical yet.
 * When Smithers calls Homer, his phone is black, but in another scene it's blue.
 * At the race track, Smithers is shown to be feeding beer to Mr. Burns by the teaspoon, but in Dancin' Homer, Burns drinks an entire tub of beer without any assistance.