Homer the Father/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

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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.
• When Homer watches I Lost Lucy and a crow flies away with Lucy's skull, Homer comments, "You still see that crow on shows sometimes", referencing the crow's occasional appearances in the title screen gag and in shots such as wide views of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.
• Inside the Actor's Studio is very similar to James Lipton's real-life show, Inside the Actors Studio (spelled without an apostrophe), which airs on Bravo.
• 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.