Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson/References

References/Trivia

Season 23 Episode References

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Cultural references

The episode title is a pun on the television talk show Politically Incorrect, which was hosted by Bill Maher and aired from 1993 to 2002. Even though the show's title was simply Politically Incorrect, it was commonly referred to as "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher".
The chalkboard gag is a reference to The Adventures of Tintin, which was released (in the United States) only a month before the episode aired.
The ending of Bart's "Fatso goes nutso" is a reference to a popular YouTube video in which a bear climbed up a tree and fell onto a trampoline, before landing on the grass.
This is the show's second reference to shock site Lemonparty.org (the first was in Flaming Moe).
A mask of Homer made after he becomes famous (again) is actually a Shrek mask painted yellow.
During one of his tirades on Gut Check with Homer Simpson, Homer shows the faces of the Presidents on Mount Rushmore being replaced by the following:
- Mao Zedong
- Doctor Doom (from Marvel Comics)
- The Ayatollah Khomeini
- Selma and Patty

MyTube is seen again. ("Elementary School Musical", "The Falcon and the D'ohman")
Nash Castor returns with his talk show Head Butt. ("Bart-Mangled Banner")
Adriatica Vel Johnson, a democrat who tried to get Ralph Wiggum to be a democrat, is seen again. ("E. Pluribus Wiggum")
Homer notes that he is famous again. Homer has became famous many times. ("Homer's Barbershop Quartet", "The Homer of Seville" et al)

Bart says he's uploading the video to YouTube, yet Milhouse is seen watching it on MyTube. Someone may have reuploaded it to MyTube. Popular videos often get reuploaded on the Internet elsewhere.