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Cultural references
- The title of the episode is a reference to William Shakespeare's King Lear.
- The music that plays when Homer is trying to stop Bart breaking the violin is the Symphony #5 in C minor by Ludwig van Beethoven.
- Jerk Circle is a reference to the Circle Jerks band.
- Homer's favorite movie is Fast & Furious 6. Marge reminds him that the film is about family, when Homer thinks it's just about cars.
- Morty Szyslak recites part of "A Visit from St. Nicholas" in a Mattress King commercial. He and his children then sing "Silent Night".
- In another commercial for Mattress King, "Yankee Doodle" plays.
- Moe says he'll "go to the mattresses" with his siblings, a reference to the mob saying that become popular thanks to the movie The Godfather and the TV series The Sopranos.
- The music that plays when Moe and his siblings are sabotaging each other and Homer throws paint on Patty and Selma is the "Dies Irae" from Verdi's Requiem.
Trivia
- Maggie does not appear in this episode at all.
Goofs
- When Moe yells at Homer, Lenny Leonard, Carl Carlson, and Barney Gumble to get out of his bar, and smashes their beer glasses, the beginning of the toy train track on the counter suddenly vanishes.
