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Cultural references[]
- The title is a parody of "Tuesdays with Morrie", a novel that had a television movie adaptation starring Hank Azaria.
- The first part of the intro was a spoof of "Wizard Of Oz".
- When the newspaper is shown with Abe on it, his face resembles the popular internet meme The Awesome Face.
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.
- 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.
- Abe is almost surprised after he understands of being created by Jim Henson.
- This is the second episode where a Simpson makes an improvised zip line. The first was A Streetcar Named Marge.
- This is the second episode where someone takes interest in Abe's history. The first was Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish".
- This is the second episode where a Simpson cares about a lamb. The first was Lisa the Vegetarian.
- In Homer's first ramble, he says that he created Gracie Films.
- This is the first episode to be air in 2010, meaning the first episode to be air 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.
- After Larry the Lamb is ripped in half, Larry the Lamb is seen unharmed near the end of the episode. Someone could have fixed him.
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Homer the Whopper ā¢ Bart Gets a "Z" ā¢ The Great Wife Hope ā¢ Treehouse of Horror XX ā¢ The Devil Wears Nada ā¢ Pranks and Greens ā¢ Rednecks and Broomsticks ā¢ O Brother, Where Bart Thou? ā¢ Thursdays with Abie ā¢ Once Upon a Time in Springfield ā¢ Million Dollar Maybe ā¢ Boy Meets Curl ā¢ The Color Yellow ā¢ Postcards From the Wedge ā¢ Stealing First Base ā¢ The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed ā¢ American History X-cellent ā¢ Chief of Hearts ā¢ The Squirt and the Whale ā¢ To Surveil With Love ā¢ Moe Letter Blues ā¢ The Bob Next Door ā¢ Judge Me Tender |