Moe'N'a Lisa/References

Cultural references

 * The title of the episode is a pun on the  as well as an allusion to the title of the season one episode "Moaning Lisa" and also the season nineteen episode "Mona Leaves-a".
 * In Grampa Simpson's reminiscence about the Olympics in Nazi Germany, music to the song with the opening lyric "" is heard.
 * The fast-talking publisher who approves of Moe's poetry is a caricature of the ' publisher J. Jonah Jameson from Spider-Man. He is voiced by J. K. Simmons, who plays Jameson in the - the second of which was co-written by Michael Chabon. At the end of the episode, he demands photos (then poems) about Spider-Man. The rhyme scheme he mentions is Petrarchan, an Italian sonnet style dating back to the 13th century. He then uses a quote from ', "What are you waiting for, Chinese New Year?"
 * During the Chabon-Franzen fight, Chabon says, "I think your nose needs some corrections!", which is a reference to Franzen's best-known work . Later, Franzen hits Chabon over the head with a Snoopy portrait, to which an angry Chabon responds by saying, "Oh, you fight like !" before tackling him.
 * During the high-dive event a senior's underarm flab turns into wings, and he flies around the arena to the theme music from .
 * The Wordloaf Literary Conference is a reference to the, held every year at the Breadloaf campus of Middlebury College. Several Simpsons writers have attended Middlebury, and other references to the show exist, including one in which criminal Snake Jailbird is identified as a Middlebury alumnus.
 * wears his trademark white suit.
 * During the hayride, "" by the plays.

Goofs

 * In this episode, Moe lives in a hotel, but his actual home is a house similar to Nelson's. However, he could have moved.
 * Moe's tie has horizontal triangles but in one shot, then disappear, then reappear in the next.