Cultural References
The flashback where Homer meets the guys in the van is based on Dazed and Confused. Several of the scenes where Homer is hit with a cannonball are based on famous stock footage of Frank "Cannonball" Richards being hit with a cannonball. Otto's drug-induced hallucination of his "talking shoes" are based on the opening of the album version of the song "1999" by Prince. Homer's walk in one scene parodies the walk in the Keep on Truckin' comic that was drawn by Robert Crumb.
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