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Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on the Discovery Channel documentary/reality TV show Deadliest Catch.
• During the montage of Ned and Edna dating:
  • The music playing is "Heaven Must Have Sent You" by Bonnie Pointer.
  • When they cross a creek, Ned parts the water with a staff, reminiscent of Moses and the Israelites crossing the Red Sea.

Trivia

• Dewey Largo drives a Smart car.
• Ned's "Do-not-go" list of places with racy-sounding names consists of:
  • In-N-Out Burger
  • Jiffy Lube
  • Pinkberry (Ned crosses it off after Edna takes him there)
  • Yamaha Organs
  • Fannie Farmer (possibly a misspelling of Fanny Farmer)

Continuity

• Brunella Pommelhorst appears for the first time since announcing she was going to have a sex-change operation ("My Fair Laddy"). However, she looks exactly the same as before, so it would seem that she decided not to go through with the operation.

Goofs

• The coffee mug Homer borrowed from Ned Flanders is a right-handed mug, but Ned is left-handed.
  • Not a goof. In a world designed mostly for righties, left-handed mugs aren't that easy to find. So it's highly likely that Ned has owned many right-handed mugs over the years.
    • Definitely a goof. Ned Flanders owns the Leftorium. I mean, they have left-handed combs for goodness sake, what are the chances of not having left-handed mugs.
• Ned says he and Edna have never been "formally introduced" despite meeting and talking multiple times in previous episodes, including going on a date with each other in "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" where Ned decides the two have nothing in common.

Notes

• In UK airings, a note at the scene where Marge tells viewers to go to thesimpsons.com to vote says "Unfortunately, voting is not available in this area", and a voiceover is heard over the credits by Homer and Marge, telling viewers that in reruns or on DVDs it's too late to vote.

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