Kill the Alligator and Run/References

Cultural references

 * The scene of the MTV's VJs belly button ring glowing then she was taken away for being too old by MTV's youth-obsessed standards is a likely reference to .
 * The scene which Homer is forced to become a pianist has a line in reference to Apollo 13's famous line "Houston, we have a problem".
 * At the soiree, there is an ice sculpture of an . Florida is one of the states that still allows execution by that method.

Goofs

 * In the scene at the spring break concert when first lands on stage, the 2 guitarists have swapped hair colors with each other. In the very next shot, their hair colors are back to normal.
 * In the scene where Homer is talking and everyone is looking at him, a woman near him has a line joining one of her eyelashes to another.
 * Years before the episode's release, working in a chain gang in Florida was stopped.

Continuity

 * One of the from "Take My Wife, Sleaze" is seen on the jury.
 * Admiral Carstairs from "Burns, Baby Burns" is also on the jury.
 * One of the truckers from "Maximum Homerdrive" is also on the jury.
 * from "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" is seen at the judge's party.