Behind the Laughter/References

References/Trivia

Season 11 Episode References

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Trivia

The name is a take on the show Behind the Music.
A scene depicted Homer and the cast looking at an episode they just completed in which the family talk about visiting Delaware. Homer mutters to the director, "This'll be the last season." A few episodes later, the conversation about Delaware was actually worked into the show.
The narrator states that the Simpsons were a "Northern Kentucky" family. This would not fit into the series canon because in one of the episodes, Homer stated that he's "never been to Kentucky" and in another, he says he's lived in the same state most of his life. This only underscores the ambiguity of where the Simpsons live.
Bart states he never said "cowabunga dude" in his life, before joining the show.

Homertime Mansion and the dance that Bart does when he finds the pants is a parody of the famous dance and lyrics from MC Hammer's "Can't Touch This".

In the title sequences for Behind the Laughter several clips from previous episodes are used:
- Marge as a police woman shooting her gun on the obstacle course. ("The Springfield Connection")
- Homer at Cockamamie's Collectibles Shop. ("Homer's Phobia")
- Homer battling the lard vacuum. ("Lard of the Dance")
- Bart being chased by Homer while holding the jar of change. ("Bart's Friend Falls in Love")
- Lisa playing her new sax with an inscription from Homer on it. ("Lisa's Sax")
- Maggie liberating her fellow babies pacifiers at the Ayn Rand School for Tots. ("A Streetcar Named Marge")
- Bart falling down the well. ("Radio Bart")
Homer's Greatest "Hits":
- Jumping Springfield Gorge on Bart's skateboard. ("Bart the Daredevil")
- Skiing downhill at hitting snow mounds with his crotch. ("Little Big Mom")
- Being punched in the face by Willie. ("Lard of the Dance")
- Trapped in a runaway cherry picker and scraping his head on an overpass. ("Lost Our Lisa")
- Parasailing and crashing through the glass roof of the Baldwin/Basinger house. ("When You Dish Upon a Star")
- Using his body to stop a wrecking ball. ("Sideshow Bob Roberts")
- Being hit over the head with a chair while in the bath. ("A Milhouse Divided")
The scene when Seymour Skinner states that he is not the real Seymour Skinner is shown. ("The Principal and the Pauper")