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Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to the 1953 movie From Here to Eternity.
• The Duff Beer advert song "I'd Like to Pour the World a Beer" is a parody of the Coca-Cola advertising song "Buy the World a Coke", which in turn was a parody of the song "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" by The Hillside Singers.
• The concert goers in the '90s have shirts for Sound Jam and Pearl Garden, parodies of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam.
• Moe compares getting rid of Duffman to tearing down the Oregon Trail and disintegrating the Lincoln Memorial.
• "Oh Yeah" by Yello plays during some scenes.
• One of the women from the Women's Bar Association throws a Ruth Bader Ginsburg book at Duffman.
• P.F. Thong's is a parody of P. F. Chang's.
• When Duffman says that he, Homer, and Lisa will go on the trip, Homer thinks he means Lisa Bonet.
• Lisa has several Agatha Christie books. She also tries to go to the Agatha Christie Museum of Quirky Detectives.
  • The Death on the Nile Lazy River Experience is planned to open in three months, a reference to the Agatha Christie book Death on the Nile.
  • And Then There Was Fun: A Child's Guide to Whitewashing Agatha Christie is a reference to the Agatha Christie book And Then There Were None.
• Lisa reads Fodor's Guide to Agatha Christie-Themed Attractions of the Midwest, from the Fodor's series.
• Homer, Lisa, and Duffman sing along to "Lovesick Girls" by Blackpink.
• Courtyard by Greg is a parody of Courtyard by Marriott.
• Duffman says "with great pilsner comes great infidelity.", a parody of the quote "With great power comes great responsibility" from Marvel Comics.
• The banner at the Corporate Spokescharacters Fan Convention says that all Kool-Aid Men should use the revolving door.
• Among the mascots seen are parodies of Mr. Peanut the mascot of Planters, Snap, Crackle and Pop the mascots of Rice Krispies, and the Michelin Man the mascot of Michelin.
• The Mucinex Loogie is a mascot for Mucinex.

Trivia

• Maggie doesn't appear in the episode.
• Bart only appears and speaks once.
• Lisa's Agatha Christie books include: Witness for the Stenographer, Death on a Bicycle, Why Didn't They Not Murder?, The Death Old Bitty!, The Arsenic-Filled Torso, The Pencilled Murders, The Whoopsie Daisy Murders, The Preassembled Scoundrel, Peril Through a Monocle, The Murder of Arthur Murder, The Headless Vicar, The Man with the Unpleasant Tie, Death Wears Tap Shoes, The Valet's Mallet, A Very Poisoned Supper, The Mystery of the Deflated Zeppelin, The House with a Million Doors, The Man Who Gassed On, Death by Art Deco, Coffee, Tea, or Manslaughter?, and A Trifle for the Governess.

Continuity

• A woman at the concert in the '90s has a Sadgasm shirt. ("That '90s Show")
• Duffman has a figure of him dressed as "Brandyman" or "Do You Man" from when he advertised Do You Chugging Brandy. ("The Longest Marge")
• Jack Pickleson is seen at the Corporate Spokescharacters Fan Convention. ("Meat Is Murder")