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Cultural references

• The title is a play on the 1981 movie Mommie Dearest.
• Marge tells the kids to "Stow it!", a catchphrase used by Mel Sharples in the sitcom Alice.
• When Moe's has closed down, Barney sings "Danny Boy" by Frederic Weatherly.
• Due to the closure of his bar, Moe tells his patrons to get their beer from a gay bar across the street, "The League of Extra-Horny Gentlemen" (a play on The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) from which "Can't Get You out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue is playing. This is a reference to Minogue's status as a gay icon.
• The scene where there's a new computer-animated movie from DreamWorks, Cards, parodies many other computer-animated movies, specifically Disney/Pixar's Cars, in the way that DreamWorks seems to always use similar themes for their CGI films.
• On the scene when Marge and Homer are in the Movies, there's a reference to the movie A Few Good Men on the movie trailer, when the Jack says "You can't handle the twos" (Sounding like Jack Nicholson's line "You can't handle the truth!")
• When Homer makes a puck of his lips to kiss Marge, she goes away and Homer instead uses the puck of his lips to play the trombone where he plays "Greensleeves".
• In the scene where Homer chases Moe and Marge's plane on the tarmac is a spoof on the Jim Carrey movie Liar, Liar.
• The snippet of music played as the hot air balloons float above Paris is "La Vie en Rose".
• Over the end credits, Homer and Marge sing Captain & Tennille's song "Love Will Keep Us Together"; this was actually a deleted scene from "Co-Dependent's Day".

Trivia

• This episode was dedicated to the memory of Johnny Carson, who died a week before this episode aired.
• On the map in the aircraft, Springfield is shown in the middle of the ocean.
• This episode actually has some of the most noises made by the rarely-speaking barflies Sam and Larry. They both unenthusiastically moan "Ugggh".
• Homer calls himself "Jerkass Homer", a possible nod to what Simpsons fans called him during the Mike Scully Era in seasons 9-12.
• Among the mourners seen alongside the regular barflies at the wake: Duffman, Dr. Nick, Kirk Van Houten, Surly Duff and a Leprechaun.

Continuity

• This also marks the return of Itchy & Scratchy Land theme park.
• You can also hear Barney's beautiful singing voice from "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" in this episode.
• Computer animation is used for the first time since the episode "Treehouse of Horror VI".
• This is the third episode written by Michael Price. He has also written popular episodes "My Mother the Carjacker" and "'Tis the Fifteenth Season" which has led some Simpsons fans to call him one of the shows best current writers.

Goofs

• When Marge tells Homer she and Moe are going to Aruba. The alarm clock changes from digital to analog.
• Itchy & Scratchy Land is shown to be within a few hours driving distance of Springfield. However, in "Itchy & Scratchy Land", it is shown to be several thousand miles away.
  • It's possible that a new park was built closer to Springfield.
• When Moe sees the image of Homer on the plane monitor, Sea Captain has Carl's colors.
• When Homer reads his MOE poem tribute, Carl Carlson can be seen yellow.
• When Homer says his "mind is completely at ease", the collar of his everyday white shirt is showing; however, he is in pajamas for the duration of the scene.
• On the plane, when the camera pans to Marge and Moe, Akira and the Sea Captain are sitting behind them. But when the camera is on Marge and Moe, they are nowhere to be seen. Then when the camera is above them, someone and Carl are behind them. After Homer's speeding scene, when the camera is on Marge and Moe, nobody is behind them, but when Moe closes the Airplane window, Akira and the Sea Captain are shown again. Then, when Moe declares his love for Marge, nobody is seen behind them again. When Homer comes out of the Toilet hole, Akira is seen behind Marge and Moe. This continues for a while.
• Unless frozen, a dead body would emit a foul odor unbearable for most people after a week.

Awards

• This episode would win writer Michael Price the 2006 WGA Award for writing in animation. It marked the third year in a row a Simpsons episode won the award. No matter what, The Simpsons would have won because all six nominees were Simpsons episodes (also nominated were "There's Something About Marrying", "The Girl Who Slept Too Little", "See Homer Run", "Thank God It's Doomsday", "The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star". (See List of awards for more info)