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Trivia

• One of this episode's guest stars is George Carlin. In a previous episode, Krusty the Clown is told he is being sued by Carlin for plagiarizing "The Seven Words You Can't Say on Television".
• While Ned Flanders is driving, he has a hallucination where he sees the Grateful Dead Dancing Bears: Melody and Verse with the Skeleton, also from the Grateful Dead, who says "Mornin' Ned". They are followed by the Marching Hammers from Pink Floyd's The Wall marching down the road and the Rolling Stones' "Lips & Tongue" which ask him to "Pucker up Ned". Series creator Matt Groening has admitted to being a huge Dead, Floyd and Stones fan.
• Seth and Munchie bear striking resemblances to George Carlin and Martin Mull.
• In the flashback to Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock, Grandpa Simpson yells to bring on Sha Na Na. If, as implied, Grandpa was at the festival for the full three days, he should know that Sha Na Na immediately preceded Hendrix. (Of course, seeing that it is also Grandpa, he could be booing Hendrix to bring back Sha Na Na)
• It's implied in the end of the flashback that Abe enlisted Homer into the Vietnam War as punishment for Homer's behavior at Woodstock.
• On the DVD commentary, Mark Kirkland mentions that because he was going through a divorce, Matthew Nastuk took over directing this episode for the first act.
• Yo La Tengo performs a psychedelic rendition of the theme song over the end credits.
• According to this episode, Seymour Skinner had been principal of Springfield Elementary for 15 years^[1]

Cultural References

• The title is a play on Bob Dylan's song "Blowin' in the Wind"
  • Some suggested that it is also a reference to the Trick Daddy song "Dro In the Wind," due to the marijuana reference in the episode. However, this song did not come out until four years after the episode aired.
• The chalkboard gag, "No one cares what my definition of 'is' is", refers to a deposition made by Bill Clinton during the Lewinsky scandal.
• The end title for Mr. Burns' promo for the Nuclear Power Plant reads, "An Alan Smithee Film." From 1968 until 1999, this was a pseudonym used by directors who wanted to dissociate themselves from a movie they had lost creative control over.
• The song that is playing during the Woodstock flashback is "The Star Spangled Banner" performed on electric guitar by Jimi Hendrix. The song ends just about when Grampa starts chastising Homer.
• Seth and Munchie's dog, Ginsberg, is named after the beat poet Allen Ginsberg.
• Homer educates himself on hippie culture by watching an old Bob Hope performance, which also features Jill St. John and Phyllis Diller.
• When Homer tries to get Marge to go braless, saying "Free the Springfield Two," it is a reference to:
  • Marc Emery, the BC 3 and the slogan "Free the BC 3."
  • The 1960s protest slogan "Free the Chicago Seven."
• "Incense and Peppermints" by Strawberry Alarm Clock plays while Homer, Seth and Munchie are having their freak-out. Homer changes cassettes and puts on "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel.
• In the beginning of the freak-out, "Hair" by Cowsills is playing.
• Some things in the freak-out and after - such as Homer becoming "The Cosmic Fool", the psychedelic paint job on the car, and the juice being spiked (though inadvertently) with drugs - are loosely based on the antics of the Merry Pranksters.
• The song played while Homer does his midnight harvest is "Time of the Season" by The Zombies.
• Homer greets Munchie with the phrase "Good morning Starshine," a reference to the musical Hair. This song previously appeared in the season 8 episode The Springfield Files.
• The song that plays while the town is tripping is "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane.
• When Barney is frightened by a three-eyed monster during his hallucination, he drinks some Duff Beer in order to overcome it. A pink elephant marches through the door to Barney's aid and stomps on the monster. Barney's elephant resembles the pink elephant that Dumbo the elephant sees when he mistakenly becomes drunk.
• The scene where Abe Simpson and Jasper are sitting on a bench laughing is taken directly from the MTV animated series Beavis and Butt-head.
• Dr. Hibbert states that he is a doctor, not a gardener, a reference to Dr. McCoy's famous catchphrase, "I'm a doctor, not a ... " in Star Trek.
• In the closing credits:
  • The psychedelic version of the Simpsons theme is a knock-off of the Beatles song "Tomorrow Never Knows," performed by Yo La Tengo.
  • At the end of the credits Homer mutters "I buried Flanders," spoofing the "Paul is dead" conspiracy theory from the Beatles song "Strawberry Fields Forever."
  • Homer's muttering may also be a reference to psychodelic parts of many songs by The Doors where often Jim Morrison screams various phrases. Homer's saying "I buried Flanders" may refer to Morrison's "I am the Lizard King" at the end of "Not to Touch the Earth."

References

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