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**The song that is heard in this scene is "{{W2|Bad Company|song}}" by the hard rock band of {{W|Bad Company|the same name}}. | **The song that is heard in this scene is "{{W2|Bad Company|song}}" by the hard rock band of {{W|Bad Company|the same name}}. | ||
*Ned stands over a grate with wind billowing up into his moustache, spoofing the famous scene where [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s dress billows up around her over the subway grate in ''{{W|The Seven Year Itch}}''. | *Ned stands over a grate with wind billowing up into his moustache, spoofing the famous scene where [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s dress billows up around her over the subway grate in ''{{W|The Seven Year Itch}}''. | ||
| − | *On the TV program ''[[Celebrity Chop Shop]]'', [[Jason Bateman]]'s {{W|Bentley}} gets dismantled in front of a | + | *On the TV program ''[[Celebrity Chop Shop]]'', [[Jason Bateman]]'s {{W|Bentley}} gets dismantled in front of a [[Tiffany & Co.]] in [[Beverly Hills]]. |
*"{{W2|Tutti Frutti|song}}" by {{W|Pat Boone}} is heard when Ned reads ''[[The Humbletonian]]''. | *"{{W2|Tutti Frutti|song}}" by {{W|Pat Boone}} is heard when Ned reads ''[[The Humbletonian]]''. | ||
*[[Dewey Largo]] plays "{{W2|Freeze Frame|song}}" by {{W|The J. Geils Band}} on the [[First Church of Springfield]]'s organ. | *[[Dewey Largo]] plays "{{W2|Freeze Frame|song}}" by {{W|The J. Geils Band}} on the [[First Church of Springfield]]'s organ. | ||
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Cultural references
- The title of the episode is a reference to the phrase "Home away from home".
- Lisa listens to Verbal Tea on the Nationwide Public Radio. This show and its opening tune parody the American news program All Things Considered from the National Public Radio (NPR).
- American comedian David Sedaris participated in the radio program where he made fun of prison overcrowding in the United States.
- When Lisa told the family she won tickets for a movie, Homer is enthusiastic and compares himself to film critic Roger Ebert.
- Grandma Shark Week is a parody of Shark Week, a shark-based program on Discovery Channel.
- Ghostface identity from Scream appears on television when Homer is trying to find a replacement for a babysitter for Maggie.
- At Limited Appeal Theater, one of the films being played is Oppenheimer's Elevator, which is a reference to J. Robert Oppenheimer, who led the research team that made the first atomic bomb.
- The 'Humble figurines' are parodies of Hummel figurines.
- Ned got the figure "Summer Dreamin'" from Parade, an American weekly magazine oriented to conservative readers.
- "Ned and breakfast" is a play-on bed and breakfast.
- Katja tells Ned he rhymes like "Snoopy Dog", a reference to both Snoopy and Snoop Dogg.
- When Homer finds Bart and Milhouse laughing at Katja and Vicki's performance with Todd's picture, he wants an explanation and says that saying "Jimmy Fallon" would be a lie.
- Humbleton, a fictional town in Pennsylvania, has houses similar to those found in Bavaria, Germany.
- The song that plays when the Flanders family are driving to Humbleton, PA is "Lara's Theme" from the 1965 film Doctor Zhivago.
- Coach Clay Roberts resemblances Biff Tannen, the main antagonist in Back to the Future.
- Clay Roberts works out to the song "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)" by the Beastie Boys.
- One of the "humbletonians" mentions Pixy Stix when greeting Ned.
- Ned bursts into the ornament factory with a scarf covering his mustache in the same manner as Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell) does in the 1968 British drama film if.....
- The song that is heard in this scene is "Bad Company" by the hard rock band of the same name.
- Ned stands over a grate with wind billowing up into his moustache, spoofing the famous scene where Marilyn Monroe's dress billows up around her over the subway grate in The Seven Year Itch.
- On the TV program Celebrity Chop Shop, Jason Bateman's Bentley gets dismantled in front of a Tiffany & Co. in Beverly Hills.
- "Tutti Frutti" by Pat Boone is heard when Ned reads The Humbletonian.
- Dewey Largo plays "Freeze Frame" by The J. Geils Band on the First Church of Springfield's organ.
Notes
- SexySlumberParty.com is a real site registered to the show.
Goofs
- When Bart and Milhouse are on the computer, Bart starts typing in the "Ask Jeeves" search box, but when we see a camera shot of the computer, nothing is in the search box.
- He may have just been typing in the URL.
- When the men are cheering for Vicki and Katja, there are two Hermans and two Old Jewish Mans visible. Also, Comic Book Guy has Sanjay's colors.
- Additionally, the two Hermans both have black hair.
- When Ned says "All I got was soggy bread", Krusty's head is yellow.
- In the church scene, Ruth Powers appears twice; Sarah Wiggum is shown, but there is no sign of her husband or son; and a Ned Flanders-lookalike (without sweater) is also seen in the last pew next to the wall.
Church errors
Two Old Jewish Mans and Hermans
