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Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to the film Night of the Living Dead.
• Tweeters Sinai Bird Hospital is a reference to Cedars-Sinai Hospital, a major hospital in Los Angeles, California.
• Gwyneth Poultry is a reference to Gwyneth Paltrow.
• Krusty Fried Chicken is a parody of Kentucky Fried Chicken.
  • One of the jobs listed on gig-junkie.com is Fight Club Referee.
• Cafeteria Nightmares is a parody of Kitchen Nightmares, hosted by Gordon Ramsay.
• Freetos are a parody of Fritos.
• "Atlas Grubbed" is a parody of Atlas Shrugged.
• "Clucklear implant" is a parody of Cochlear implant.
• "Bawk therapy" is a parody of talk therapy.
• When Marge says Cheeses, the old Jewish man mentions Cheesus (for Jesus), Allah, Buddha, and Hashem.
• The kitchen scene is a parody of the episode "Review" of the TV series The Bear.
• Mayo Edebiri is a reference to actress Ayo Edebiri, who also appears on the bucket.
• Dewey Largo compares the pace to that of "Wing Hut" on Super Bowl Sunday, alluding to the massive quantities of chicken and Buffalo wings sold for that event.
• Kirk asks if management is giving them Apple Watches.
• Demented Dollars with Fiscal Cliff is a parody of Mad Money.
  • Fiscal Cliff is a reference to the United States fiscal cliff.
• Finn Bon Idée says that he's doing ayahuasca with Jeff Bezos in outer space.
  • Finn has a view of the Golden Gate Bridge outside his window as seen from the east side of Marin County California.
    • San Francisco, characteristically enshrouded in fog, is in the background.
• When Marge says that unions are the reason why they have the weekend, Julio thinks that she's referring to the singer The Weeknd.
• The old Jewish man asks "where's Betty Boop?" in the anti-union video they watch.
• The anti-union video parodies the Butch Hartman's animation style.
• During the meeting where the GimmeChow workers decide to unionize Mrs. Muntz stands on a table holding a sign above her head for ONION which is referencing the movie Norma Rae which is also about union organizing (in the movie Sally Field stars in the title role hold a sign for UNION).
• Marge racing around town delivering food is inspired by the 2017 Edgar Wright movie Baby Driver.
  • The song that plays during the scene is "Wild Bore" by Mika Miko.
• A purple Hulk bookend is seen in The Android's Dungeon.
• Homer and Marge's kiss at the end of the episode is a parody of the kiss scene from The Notebook.

Trivia

• This episode is rated TV-14 with a viewer discretion warning, for dialogue, language, and violence, but it's rated TV-PG on Hulu.
• Gil Gunderson and Springfield's names are misspelled Jill Junderson and Spring-feld in the GimmeChow introductory video. Springfield's image was not found.
• Marge says the f-word, but it gets beeped.

Continuity

• Truth-Anne appears. ("Game Done Changed")
• Smithers is seen with Kate Spayed. ("Portrait of a Lackey on Fire")
• The veterinarian also works at Tweeters Sinai Bird Hospital. ("Dog of Death")
• Krusty Fried Chicken seems to be available in the USA now. ("Goo Goo Gai Pan")
• Lisa says that they can sell her Malibu Stacy Dream House to fund Gwyneth Poultry's medical bill. ("Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy")
• Bart's list of Marge's jobs:
  • Cop. ("The Springfield Connection")
  • Realtor. ("Realty Bites")
  • Gym owner. ("Husbands and Knives")
  • Erotic baker. ("Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes")
  • Weed sommelier. ("Highway to Well")
• Hans Moleman gets hit in the groin by a Gridiron Grinders. ("A Star Is Burns")
• In the GimmeChow introductory video, Le Petite Appétit is shown and exploded. ("The Daughter Also Rises")
• Fiscal Cliff has a Stonecutters app on his phone. ("Homer the Great")