Thursdays with Abie/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 21 Episode References
← 449 "Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?"	450 "Thursdays with Abie"	"Once Upon a Time in Springfield" 451 →

Cultural references

• The title is a parody of "Tuesdays with Morrie", a novel that had a television movie adaptation starring Hank Azaria, and whose author, Mitch Albom, guest stars in the episode.
• The title screen gag is a spoof of The Wizard of Oz.
• The Hollywood stars seen departing the train are Jimmy Durante, Shirley Temple, W. C. Fields, James Cagney, Laurel & Hardy, and Boris Karloff as Frankestein's Monster.
• The song in the background of Abe's flashback is "Chattanooga Choo-choo" by Glenn Miller.

Trivia

• The license plate Marge takes a photo of is "MABF02", which is the production code for the episode.
• When Flanders shows Homer the Newspaper, The picture of Abe resembles the Internet Meme 'Awesome face'.
• Marshall Goldman's laptop is a Mapple computer, a company which has been seen before in a few other episodes.
• This is the first episode in the series to have aired in the 2010s.

Goofs

• In the scene where Carl and Lenny lowered Homer onto the train, Lenny is shown without his five-o-clock shadow.
• Oliver Hardy's moustache disappears in one frame

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Homer the Whopper • Bart Gets a "Z" • The Great Wife Hope • Treehouse of Horror XX • The Devil Wears Nada • Pranks and Greens • Rednecks and Broomsticks • Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou? • Thursdays with Abie • Once Upon a Time in Springfield • Million Dollar Maybe • Boy Meets Curl • The Color Yellow • Postcards from the Wedge • Stealing First Base • The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed • American History X-cellent • Chief of Hearts • The Squirt and the Whale • To Surveil with Love • Moe Letter Blues • The Bob Next Door • Judge Me Tender