Thursdays with Abie/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

Cultural references

• The title is a parody of "Tuesdays with Morrie", a novel that had a television movie adaptation starring Hank Azaria
• The 1st part of the intro was a spoof of "Wizard Of Oz".

Trivia

• The Hollywood stars seen departing the train are Jimmy Durante, Shirley Temple, W.C. Fields, James Cagney, Laurel and Hardy, and Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's Monster.
• 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.
• The song in the background of Abe's flashback is "Chattanooga Choo-choo" by Glenn Miller.

Goofs

• In the scene where Carl and Lenny lowered Homer onto the train, Lenny is shown without his five-o-clock shadow.