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Cultural references
- The episode title is a pun on the William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Cheech & Chong movie Nice Dreams.
- A deteriorated Queen Elizabeth II is seen on Kent Brockman's show.
- The segment That's Kent-ertainment! is a reference to the compilation film That's Entertainment!. During this segment, Kent recreates scenes from some famous movies:
- Uma Thurman dances with Kent parodying the famous dance scene from Pulp Fiction.
- Kent kisses his own female version recreating the kiss scene between Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind.
- The scene with Kent and his own head on a bed is a parody of the decapitated horse head scene in The Godfather.
- Kent introduces the American comedy duo Cheech & Chong.
- Abe can not believe Lucy and Desi are getting a divorce, a reference to the TV sitcom I Love Lucy.
- A lot of seized marijuana from the Buddy Rich Orchestra was burnt by the police. Buddy Rich was reported to smoke marijuana and was fined for possession in 1974.
- On Kent's show, the Cheech & Chong's Greatest Hit album cover can be seen along with a car scene from Up in Smoke and Nash Bridges, in which Cheech Marin starred and Tommy Chong made an appearance in one episode.
- According to Homer, Cheech & Chong were the Beavis and Butt-Head of their day.
- Things in the "media room" include:
- A poster of the famous image of Einstein taken by United Press photographer Arthur Sasse in 1951.
- A picture of Krusty recreating Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon album cover.
- Some Crawdaddy rock music magazines.
- Homer's fictional comedy albums from the 60s:
- The Upside-Down Bubblegum Collective, which is a reference to bubblegum pop.
- The Regional Lampoon, which has a reference to American Gothic by Grant Wood.
- The Plymouth Grok Experiment, that has the style of the Beatles' Rubber Soul.
- Allan Sherman's Helter Shmelter - Sorry For the Mess, which is a play-on-words of Helter Skelter and Allan Sherman.
- Cheech & Chong perform the "Dave's not here, man" act from Cheech and Chong self-titled album. This is one of their most famous routines.
- Mr. Burns imagines a performance by Laurel and Hardy.
- Homer wants to meet Don Johnson, the American actor.
- Seymour Skinner tries to do the Sister Mary Elephant comedy skit by Cheech & Chong.
- Marge and Lisa go to a destroyed Blockbuster Video store to return Homer's overdue movies.
- A Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear from Toy Story 3 is seen in Eleanor Abernathy's house and later in 742 Evergreen Terrace.
- Some "popped but uneaten" Jiffy Pop can be seen at Crazy Cat Lady's place as well.
- Moe sends some hidden footage to the NBC headquarters in the Cayman Islands.
- Homer sings a modified version of "Low Rider" by the American funk band War.
- Crazy Cat Lady watches Cats, the real-life musical, and particularly an extract from Cats' theme song "Memory".
- The name of the garbage company Humpty Dumpster is a reference to Humpty J. Dumpty, the famous character in the English nursery rhyme.
- Among Crazy Cat Lady stuff Marge finds:
- A pen of the Milwaukee Hilton
- All of J. D. Salinger's book, including Nine Stories, Franny and Zooey and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction but not The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger most notable work.
- An edition of InStyle, the women's magazine
- The reward from Cheech Homer imagines is an spoof of the animated film from Cheech & Chong's song "Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces".
- Cheech takes Homer to the East Springfield Latino Art Museum. Inside, Cheech shows and describes Homer the Boycott Grapes, Support the United Farm Workers Union graphic art by Xavier Viramontes.
- Superintendent Chalmers thinks the menu is funnier than Skinner's performance. On the menu some music reference can be read:
- Here Comes the Fudge, a reference to the Beatles song "Here Comes the Sun".
- Jell-O I must be going, a reference both to Jell-O and song, the song by the Marx Brothers.
- Pudding on the Ritz, a reference to Irving Berlin song "Puttin' On the Ritz".
- You Ain't Nothing But A Pound Cake, a reference to "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog" by Elvis Presley.
- The Crazy Cat Lady shouts as Tarzan.
- Homer makes a reference to Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon, which are known for being part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel.
- Bart mentions Hulu.com, the American subscription video on demand service, in a poetic way similar to A Visit from St. Nicholas.
Other Airdates
After being pre-empted several times, Sky1 (UK) decided to air the episode at 9:30pm on June 17, 2011, along with "The Real Housewives of Fat Tony", one hour earlier.
Goofs
- Akira Kurosawa is seen with gray hair in the Amphitheater scene.
- He later has brown hair at Wacky's Comedy Club.
- Martin Prince, Sr. moves seats in the amphitheater.
- Raphael has much paler skin than usual when seen from behind.
