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Cultural references
- The title is a parody of "Tuesdays with Morrie", a novel that had a television movie adaptation starring Hank Azaria, and whose author, Mitch Albom, guest stars in the episode.
- The title screen gag is a spoof of "Wizard Of Oz".
- The Hollywood stars seen departing the train are Jimmy Durante, Shirley Temple, W.C. Fields, James Cagney, Laurel and Hardy, and Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's Monster.
- The song in the background of Abe's flashback is "Chattanooga Choo-choo" by Glenn Miller.
Trivia
- The license plate Marge takes a photo of is "MABF02", which is the production code for the episode.
- When Flanders shows Homer the Newspaper, The picture of Abe resembles the Internet Meme 'Awesome face'.
- Marshall Goldman's laptop is a Mapple computer, a company which has been seen before in a few other episodes.
Goofs
- In the scene where Carl and Lenny lowered Homer onto the train, Lenny is shown without his five-o-clock shadow.
