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Cultural references

• The title of the episode is an obvious reference to the line "I'm just a hunka hunka burning love" from the song "Burning Love" by Elvis Presley.
• While walking through Chinatown the Simpsons pass by a store called Toys "L" Us.
• Lisa mentions that she loves Chinatown but wishes that they'd "Stop picking on Tibet Town." This is an obvious reference to the political tensions between the two countries.
• Mr. Burns saying "O frabjous day" and "Calooh! Callay!" is a reference to the poem Jabberwocky from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll. He had also said "Callooh! Callay!" in Season 2's Principal Charming. The phrase is also used by Moe in Eeny Teeny Maya Moe.
  • The poem Jabberwocky was parodied in full at the end of Simpsons Comics 42.
• On the news, Mr. Burns mentions that he drives a Bugatti Sexarossa, a reference to the Ferrari Testarossa.
• At the club, Mr. Burns dances in the exact same way as Shermy does in "A Charlie Brown Christmas."
• This episode aired after the death of George Harrison and is dedicated to his memory.
• Snake claims he got the cabin hideout from a man named Gustafson, a reference to the film Fargo.
• The song played during Mr Burns and Gloria's date montage is "If I Don't Have You" by NRBQ, from their album "Wild Weekend".
• One of the arcade games in the bowling alley is titled "Nuke Canada."
  • Another one of the arcades is titled Pong
• Mr. Monopoly steals Burns' date, to which Burns replies: "Between him and Scrooge McDuck all the best ankle is taken." Mr. Monopoly also drives away in a railroad engine similar to the ones that appear on the Monopoly railway cards.
• Mr. Burns and Gloria eat spaghetti like the dogs in Lady And The Tramp during their date montage.
• When Mr. Burns takes Gloria to his bedroom he says he'll make her forget all about Rudolph Valentino. However, Rudolph had died in 1926.
• One of the fortune cookie writers resembles Woody Allen.
• When Marge expresses concern over Gloria falling for Homer on Mr. Burns' date, Homer puts on a pair of dirty, tattered underpants stating: "These would stop Joan Collins herself!"
• Gloria mentions to Mr. Burns that she's "Never dated anyone who knew Calvin Coolidge."

Trivia

• George Takei previously appeared in the epsidoes One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish and Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo as Akira and Wink, respectively.
• Mr. Monopoly previously appeared in Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo. The character has also appeared in a number of Simpsons Comics stories.
• Mr. Burns mistakes a gentleman's club with pole dancers for a "nude female fire station."
• Homer's list of Mr. Burns' accomplishments: he ran his own casino in $pringfield; he stole the Loch Ness Monster in Monty Can't Buy Me Love; and he got shot by a baby and blotted out the sun in Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One) and (Part Two).
• Snake's mailbox reads, "Snake (AKA Jailbird)," a reference to "Jailbird" being his original character name.
• Stolen items seen at Snake's hideout include:
  • Several TVs
  • The Mona Lisa
  • A soccer ball
  • A trophy
  • The Maltese Falcon
  • A surfboard
  • Numerous computers
  • A bong
  • Bubble-gum machines
  • Golf clubs
  • A toxic waste drum
  • Several computers
  • Two Oscar awards
  • A necklace on a jewellery display bust
  • A bicycle
  • A dart board
  • A wet suit

Notes

• This episode was dedicated to the memory of George Harrison, who died on November 29, 2001. A dedication before the end credits shows Harrison with Homer as he appeared in the episode "Homer's Barbershop Quartet."

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