Kill the Alligator and Run/References

References/Trivia

Season 11 Episode References

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Cultural references

The scene of the MTV's VJs belly button ring glowing then she was taken away for being too old by MTV's youth-obsessed standards is a likely reference to Logan's Run.
The scene which Homer is forced to become a pianist has a line in reference to Apollo 13's famous line "Houston, we have a problem".
At the soiree, there is an ice sculpture of an electric chair. Florida is one of the states that still allows execution by that method.
The prison guard who frequently whips the Simpson family, is equal to boss Godfrey (actor Morgan Woodward) in the cult movie Cool Hand Luke (1967).

In the scene at the spring break concert when Kid Rock first lands on stage, the 2 guitarists have swapped hair colors with each other. In the very next shot, their hair colors are back to normal.
In the scene where Homer is talking and everyone is looking at him, a woman near him has a line joining one of her eyelashes to another.
Years before the episode's release, working in a chain gang in Florida was stopped.

One of the Hell's Satans from "Take My Wife, Sleaze" is seen on the jury.
Admiral Carstairs from "Burns, Baby Burns" is also on the jury.
One of the truckers from "Maximum Homerdrive" is also on the jury.
Susan from "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" is seen at the judge's party.

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