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Cultural references

• Homer and Bart watch Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, an annual parade in New York City presented by the store chain Macy's.
  • The helium balloons in the parade are modeled after cartoons Bullwinkle J. Moose and Underdog.
  • The Simpsons is self-referenced when Homer tells Bart that if the parade "turned every flash-in-pan cartoon character into a balloon, it will be a farce", the TV shows a giant balloon of Bart. Not coincidentally, 1990 was the year the Bart Simpson balloon was added to the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.
• Lisa made a tribute to some of the notable women in US history, including artist Georgia O'Keeffe, women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony and journalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
  • Lisa also mentions Marjory Stoneman Douglas' contribution to defending the Everglades against efforts to drain it and reclaim land for development.

• While Homer is watching football, the announcer says the teams are playing in the Pontiac Silverdome, yet when it cuts to the television, the stadium is an open air stadium.
• Hooray for Everything, the band performing during the halftime show, is a parody of Up with People.
• Mr. Burns lives on the corner of Croesus and Mammon, two symbols of wealth.
• When Bart is discovered attempting to steal a pie from the window sill, one of the guards at Burns' mansion is reading Les Misérables, in which the main character is imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread after breaking a window.
• Kent Brockman references Emmett Kelly, the Charlie Chaplin character the Tramp and the Red Skelton character Freddy the Freeloader.
• The music Bart sings when he brings the turkey to the table is the 20th Century Fox theme.
• The poem Lisa is seen writing in her room is a direct parody of the first lines of Allen Ginsberg's most famous poem, Howl.
• Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes' "Get Dancin'" is heard on the radio.

Trivia

• This is the fourth episode to have Bart's name somewhere in the title.
• Lou has black skin instead of yellow, starting in this episode.
• First appearance of Marge's mom in the present-day. Marge had a flashback dream with her mom in "Moaning Lisa" although her fist name of Jackie was not used until "Selma's Choice" and her full first name of Jacqueline until "Lady Bouvier's Lover".
• First appearance DJs Bill and Marty who had only been voices over the radio until this episode.
• Lefthanded Bart has a bandage on his upper right arm after selling his blood. It generally does not matter which arm is used, but the nondominant arm is often used for the donor's convivence.

Goofs

• When Patty and Selma arrive, Patty's dress is blue in one shot and is magenta again in the next.