Homer the Father/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 22 Episode References
← 475 "Flaming Moe"	476 "Homer the Father"	"The Blue and the Gray" 477 →

Cultural references

• Tube Town, the TV channel which Homer frequently watches during the episode, is a parody of TV Land. Tube Town's classic programming lineup parodies real-life TV shows and movies as follows:
  • Black President - Benson and Hail to the Chief.
  • Failed Geena Davis Sitcom 1986 - Sara (a short-lived Geena Davis sitcom which aired in 1985).
  • Hannigan, M.F.A. - Columbo.
  • I Lost Lucy - I Love Lucy.
  • Sheriff Wholesome - The Andy Griffith Show.
  • Supreme Courtney - Doogie Howser, M.D. and the Legally Blonde movie series.
  • Thicker than Waters - Growing Pains.
  • UpscAlien in da House - The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and ALF.
  • The Voiceover Years - The Wonder Years.
• The scene where Homer stands in front of a line of taxis and blocks them from leaving is a reference to the Tank Man, who blocked a column of tanks during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

Trivia

• James Lipton makes his second guest appearance.
• After watching Thicker than Waters, Homer raves about the various producers and especially praises the "Supervising Producer". A few minutes after that, during the hammock scene, Dan Castellaneta (who voices Homer) is credited as a Consulting Producer for the episode.
• Before Bart interrupts Lisa by appearing on a webcam pop-up, she is writing an essay about the chemical element Palladium. Lisa's essay is strikingly similar to the Wikipedia article about Palladium.
• When Homer tells Bart that the feeling of accomplishment from studying hard and getting an A is its own reward (instead of giving Bart the mini-bike he was expecting), Bart gets mad and runs out of the room. Homer then says, "If this were a TV show, that would be a hell of an act break." Shortly after that, in TV airings an act break does indeed occur as the show cuts to a commercial.