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Cultural references

• The title of this episode is an obvious parody of the film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

Homer and Bart are watching a "very late" episode of The Three Stooges

• Homer and Bart are watching a "very late" episode of The Three Stooges on TV, more specifically the fictional episode "Brittle Boneheads" directed by Jules White III, supposed grandson of Jules White.
• Homer eats an ad of Joe Millionaire, an American reality television show that was broadcast in 2003.
• One of Maggie's toys is Po from the British children's TV series Teletubbies.
• Professor Frink says his own flying machine beats U. S. Air, a former major American airline.
• Louie, Johnny Tightlips and Fat Tony are watching the Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood on the mafia jet.
• Lisa yells at the planes saying that her house is not a Delta Air Lines hub.
• The flights Lisa recognizes are:
  • 1050 from Newark, New Jersey.
  • 1052 from Phoenix, Arizona connecting with Dallas, Texas.
  • 1055 from Portland, Oregon, which was running late.
• When Marge asks for someone to perform CPR on Horace Wilcox, Homer starts singing "Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival, the American band which is often referred to as CCR.
• According to Channel 6 News, Horace Wilcox was a Titanic survivor.
• When the kids want Krusty to become a Congressman, Lisa says entertainers are always winning elections, and cites:
  • Jesse "The Body" Ventura who, after achieving fame in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), served as the 38th governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003.
  • Sonny Bono, famous for making duo with Cher in Sonny & Cher, and later becoming Republican Congressman for California's 44th district.
  • Gopher from Love Boat. This is a reference to American actor Fred Grandy who played Burl "Gopher" Smith on the sitcom The Love Boat and later became a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa.
  • Mary Bono, who was married to Sonny Bono and was elected to Congress in the state of California.
• Krusty refers to the song "You Can Leave Your Hat On" by Joe Cocker, which is often associated with the striptease dance, when he tells Bart to remember his mother to return the "Krusty's The Kure" hat after.
• Krusty hates the government as he is being chased by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), ATF and Inmigration. He also mentions the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) when he shows Bart a list of the things he is not allowed to say on air.

At the Springfield Republican Party, Dracula also renames Frankenstein to "Frankenreagan", a hint to Jill Stein

• Mr. Burns mentions that the Springfield Republican Party's mission is to name everything after president Ronald Reagan. The places that are due to be renamed included the Millard Fillmore schools and the Mississippi River. Dracula also renames Frankenstein to "Frankenreagan", this is probably a reference to Jill Stein, who campaigned for President of the US and was linked to the Democratic Party.
• Bob Dole thinks himself should run for Congressman. Dole was the Republican presidential nominee in the 1996 election, losing to Bill Clinton and Al Gore, and the vice-presidential nominee in the 1976 election, losing to Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale.
• Dr. Hibbert says, "If Eddie Murphy can go on to do Dr. Dolittle, I suppose we can make this work". A reference to the 1998 film Dr. Dolittle in which Eddie Murphy starred.
• The Simpsons are watching Fox News on TV. On the program, John Armstrong, Krusty's competitor, is portrayed in front of a communist red flag with the Hammer and sickle. Other news read on the screen include Republican-oriented titles:
  • "Rupert Murdoch: Terrific Dancer"
  • "Dow Down 5000 Points"
  • "JFK Posthumously Joins Republican Party"
  • "Dan Quayle: Awesome..."

On Homer's kids' menu maze, the goal is to help Yogi Bear arrive to the Washington Monument

• Some of the photoshop images of Krusty show him as Neil Armstrong, the soldiers from the iconic photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, the Tank Man at Tiananmen Square and Jim Leavelle.
• At the Second-Best Western Hotel, Krusty consumed the drugs Pepto and Xanax.
• Krusty's first task in the Congress was to remove a "Martin Van Buren is a wiener" graffiti on the wall. Another graffiti mentioned president Grover Cleveland.
• The Drinkin' Memorial is a reference to the Lincoln Memorial.
• On Homer's kids' menu there is a maze where the goal was to help Yogi Bear get to the Washington Monument.
• A cleaner that looked like former vice-president Walter Mondale helps Krusty with his airline rerouting bill.
• Chairman Hayes is from Modesto, California.
• When Homer had to drink more alcohol than southern Congressman Beauregard, Homer claimed he "studied under Ed McMahon".
• An instrumental version of the patriotic song "America the Beautiful" is heard during the credits.

Continuity

• Some of the Hell's Satans from "Take My Wife, Sleaze", Jimmy the Scumbag and the robber from "Homer and Apu" are seen among the "gun nuts".
• The Simpsons and Krusty stay at the Second-Best Western Hotel. Bart, Lisa and their third grade class stayed here in "Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade".
• In the comic story Man vs. Beast vs. Food, when telling Krusty who he is, Bart mentioned he convinced Krusty to run for congress.

Goofs

• When Marge and Homer are speaking to the representative at the airport, the color of his shirt changes from light blue to white in some scenes.