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Trivia

• Buck McCoy looks a lot like Ronald Reagan, who before being president of the US was an actor in many Westerns.
• In one scene, the audio has Lisa saying "Dad, I'm on the line". But the closed captions say Operator: "First, pay your phone bill".
• When Grandpa shows Bart his Junior Buckaroo badge, It's entitled "Little Grandpa Simpson." Obviously this is a joke rather than a scripting error or a childhood nickname.
  • It could be that Grampa joined the Junior Buckaroos as an old man since he is most likely older than Buck.
• The clips in the Krusty the Clown Show intro include:
  • Krusty's interview with Robert Frost. ("I Love Lisa")
  • Krusty singing in the 70's. ("I Love Lisa")
  • Krusty's duet with Bette Midler. ("Krusty Gets Kancelled")
  • Krusty talking to Johnny Carson. ("Krusty Gets Kancelled")
  • Krusty singing "Send in the Clowns". ("Krusty Gets Kancelled")

Cultural references

• The weapons that Snake and his gang use in the bank robbery are the M41A pulse rifles from Aliens.
• At the end of the episode when Buck is going into his house, the theme music from the film The Magnificent Seven is played.
• One of Buck McCoy's various shows was "McTrigger", in which all he does is shoot hippies, is a reference to Dennis Weaver's former series, McCloud.
  • McCoy says "McTrigger" was retooled into Room 222.
• Homer creates a picture of himself in a bathing suit that mimics the famous Farrah Fawcett pinup poster from the 70's.
• When Buck introduces himself to Bart, the flute intro from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (composed by Ennio Morricone) plays.
• The western craze generated by Buck McCoy in Springfield mimics the western craze the movie Urban Cowboy generated when released in 1980.