Gal of Constant Sorrow/References

Cultural references

 * The title of the episode is a parody of the title of the traditional American folk song "".


 * The song played during thug Bart sequence is "" by.
 * Hettie mentions in her songs:
 * Selma, Patty, Grampa and Apu
 * The house next to Flanders'
 * Apu's Squishee (Squishy)
 * Blinky (the three-eyed fishie)
 * The songs that Hettie sings are:
 * at the dock "".
 * in Lisa's room "".
 * on the stage "".
 * at the credits "".
 * Some pictures on the black & white montage are versions of real life iconic pictures, specially from the and the.
 * The Video Tutorial Guy's shirt "It's Hammer Time!" is a reference to the rapper.
 * in Lisa's room "".
 * on the stage "".
 * at the credits "".
 * Some pictures on the black & white montage are versions of real life iconic pictures, specially from the and the.
 * The Video Tutorial Guy's shirt "It's Hammer Time!" is a reference to the rapper.

Continuity

 * A picture of Bleeding Gums Murphy is Lisa's desktop picture. ("Moaning Lisa")
 * Mr. Sparkle's box appears in the title screen. ("In Marge We Trust")
 * Homer watches a tutorial on changing tiles on MyTube. ("Elementary School Musical")

Trivia

 * Hettie asks Lisa when they do their couch gags, Lisa saying around 11:00 in the morning and that she'll be fine, both breaking the fourth wall.
 * The Making Bacon sneak peek never made it into the episode.
 * Hettie is based on a real life story.

Goofs

 * At the beginning of the sledge race, Ralph was alone on his sledge, but when he passes Bart and Milhouse, there's a snowman with him.
 * Also, neither Nelson nor Richard were seen at the start line, but they were participating on the race.