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 *The popular "Ayatollah Assa-hola" (Ayatollah Khomeni) shirt being sold is shown twice, with the second 'S' purposely being censored: Marge's finger covers it the first time, the camera angle and a fold in the shirt cover it in the next.
 *Lisa only has one line in this entire episode.
 *A deleted scene shows [[Bart]] destroying a greenhouse that belongs to [[Lenny]].
 *[[Richard Nixon]] was originally going to be the one to move in at the end, but this was changed due to his death in [[1994]].

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 *When Gerald Ford moves in at the end of the episode, the license plates for his two cars are MRDUH and LUV2SKI. The latter celebrates the former President's passion for skiing since he owned a house in {{W|Vail}}, [[Colorado]] in real life.
 *In the DVD commentary for this episode, the writers claim that they were not even vaguely aware that George Bush had a younger son also named George Bush (at that time he was Governor of Texas, later becoming the 43rd President of America in 2000), and Homer's reference to one of the cardboard cut-out sons as "George Bush Jr." was simply meant to be a joke about the stupidity of Homer and Bart's plan.
-*Grampa saying he was spanked by [[Grover Cleveland]] on two non-consecutive occasions is making a reference to Grover Cleveland serving two non-consecutive terms, the only president to have ever done that.
+*Grampa saying he was spanked by [[Grover Cleveland]] on two non-consecutive occasions is making a reference to Grover Cleveland serving two non-consecutive terms, the only president to have ever done that (at that time).
 *Lisa mentions that a possible motive for the Bushes moving there is that Springfield is located in one of the nine states that Bush has claimed residency in. This would narrow down Springfield's location to either [[California]], [[Connecticut]], [[Maine]], [[Massachusetts]], [[New Jersey]], [[New York]], [[Ohio]], [[Texas]], [[Virginia]], or possibly [[Washington D.C.]].<div style="display:none;">Check Season Seven, Episode 3F09 for reference</div>
 *According to the DVD commentary, [[Wes Archer]], the episode's director, attempted to {{W|Toilet papering|TP}} George H. W. Bush's house during his childhood.

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 *Bart references blowback from the "wig offensive", a reference to Bush's role as CIA chief.
 *Bush says that he'll ruin Homer "like a Japanese banquet", a reference to an incident that happened on January 8, 1992. During a state dinner, then-president Bush vomited on the lap of the Prime Minister of [[Japan]], {{W|Kiichi Miyazawa}}.
-*Homer tricks Bush into coming to the door so he can glue a rainbow wig to his head by placing cardboard cutouts of Bush's sons in front of the door leading Bush to believe they're real. The sons represented are former President [[George W. Bush]] and [[Florida]] Governor [[Jeb Bush]].
+*Homer tricks Bush into coming to the door so he can glue a rainbow wig to his head by placing cardboard cutouts of Bush's sons in front of the door, leading Bush to believe they're real. The sons represented are former President [[George W. Bush]] and [[Florida]] Governor [[Jeb Bush]].
 *Bush is paid a visit by [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]. Homer calls him a "Commie friend" to Bush, referencing Gorbachev's role as the last leader of the [[Soviet Union]] before the fall of {{W|Communism}}, and the thaw in relations between the two countries during Bush's term in office. Ironically, Homer himself had befriended a "Commie friend" in the case of [[Adil Hoxha]] in "[[The Crepes of Wrath]]".
 *During the shot in which the shredded memoir is falling, a torn piece of paper briefly falls past the screen, with the only non-shredded words reading "[[Dan Quayle|V.P. Quayle]]" and "embarrassment".
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 == Trivia ==
 *This is actually the second appearance for [[Barbara Bush]], although in the earlier cameo in "[[Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington]]", she was voiced by Maggie Roswell and showed off the Presidential bathroom.
-*George Bush Sr. also appeared in the episodes "[[Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington]]" (while he was President), "[[Mr. Plow]]" when Homer met him in a daydream and "[[Rosebud]]", not being allowed into [[Mr. Burns]]' birthday party because he was a "one-termer". This scene, however, was cut in syndication.
+*George Bush Sr. also appeared in the episodes "[[Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington]]" (while he was President), "[[Mr. Plow]]" when Homer met him in a daydream, and "[[Rosebud]]", not being allowed into [[Mr. Burns]]' birthday party because he was a "one-termer". This scene, however, was cut in syndication.
 *[[Gerald Ford]] also made an appearance in the episode "[[Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious]]" as a guest on the Krusty the Clown show.
 *This episode was inspired by the animosity towards the show by the Bushes from earlier in the series' run.
 *When Gerald Ford moves in at the end of the episode, the license plates for his two cars are MRDUH and LUV2SKI. The latter celebrates the former President's passion for skiing since he owned a house in {{W|Vail}}, [[Colorado]] in real life.
-*In the DVD commentary for this episode, the writers claim that they were not even vaguely aware that George Bush had a younger son also named [[George W. Bush|George Bush]] (at that time he was Governor of Texas, later becoming the 43rd President of America in 2000), and Homer's reference to one of the cardboard cut-out sons as "George Bush Jr." was simply meant to be a joke about the stupidity of Homer and Bart's plan.
+*In the DVD commentary for this episode, the writers claim that they were not even vaguely aware that George Bush had a younger son also named George Bush (at that time he was Governor of Texas, later becoming the 43rd President of America in 2000), and Homer's reference to one of the cardboard cut-out sons as "George Bush Jr." was simply meant to be a joke about the stupidity of Homer and Bart's plan.
-*Grampa saying he was spanked by [[Grover Cleveland]] on two non-consecutive occasions, is making a reference to Grover Cleveland serving two non-consecutive terms, the only president to have ever done that.
+*Grampa saying he was spanked by [[Grover Cleveland]] on two non-consecutive occasions is making a reference to Grover Cleveland serving two non-consecutive terms, the only president to have ever done that.
 *Lisa mentions that a possible motive for the Bushes moving there is that Springfield is located in one of the nine states that Bush has claimed residency in. This would narrow down Springfield's location to either [[California]], [[Connecticut]], [[Maine]], [[Massachusetts]], [[New Jersey]], [[New York]], [[Ohio]], [[Texas]], [[Virginia]], or possibly [[Washington D.C.]].<div style="display:none;">Check Season Seven, Episode 3F09 for reference</div>
-*According to the DVD commentary, [[Wes Archer]], the episodes' director, attempted to {{W|Toilet papering|TP}} George H. W. Bush's house during his childhood.
+*According to the DVD commentary, [[Wes Archer]], the episode's director, attempted to {{W|Toilet papering|TP}} George H. W. Bush's house during his childhood.
 *When Bart is questioning George the first time they meet, Bart asks "How many times were YOU president, George?" This may be a reference to his loss to [[Bill Clinton]] when running for a second term. Also, the destruction of his memoirs after a lot of hard work may be meant as a comical reason to explain why, in real life, he does not plan to write them.
 *Homer is against spanking in this episode, yet in "[[Two Dozen and One Greyhounds]]", he says he has "a hankerin' for some spankerin'".
-*The popular "Ayatollah Assa-hola" (Ayatollah Khomeni) shirt being sold is shown twice, with the second 'S' purposely being censored: Marge's finger covers it the first time, the camera angle and a fold in the shirt covers in the next.
+*The popular "Ayatollah Assa-hola" (Ayatollah Khomeni) shirt being sold is shown twice, with the second 'S' purposely being censored: Marge's finger covers it the first time, the camera angle and a fold in the shirt cover it in the next.
-*[[Lisa Simpson]] only has one line in this entire episode, similar to how [[Marge]] doesn't have any lines in "[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]".
+*Lisa only has one line in this entire episode.
 *A deleted scene shows [[Bart]] destroying a greenhouse that belongs to [[Lenny]].
 *[[Richard Nixon]] was originally going to be the one to move in at the end, but this was changed due to his death in [[1994]].
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 *Some of the items Marge sells at the yard sale include:
 **Paintings of {{Ch|Ringo Starr}}. ("[[Brush with Greatness]]")
 **The [[Olmec head]]. ("[[Blood Feud]]")
 **"I didn't do it" t-shirts. ("[[Bart Gets Famous]]")
 **The [[Be-Sharps]] album "[[Bigger than Jesus]]". ("[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]")
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 **[[Simpson & Son, Revitalizing Tonic]]. ("[[Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy]]")
 *The events of this episode are mentioned in several later episodes:
-**In "[[The Cartridge Family]]" while reading Homer's background check [[Raphael]] points out that Homer once "beat up President Bush", Homer quickly corrects him by saying "former President".
+**In "[[The Cartridge Family]]", while reading Homer's background check, [[Raphael]] points out that Homer once "beat up President Bush". Homer quickly corrects him by saying "former President".
-**In "[[The Trouble with Trillions]]", Homer is trying to get dirt on his friends for the FBI, Moe mentions Barney beating up George Bush, Homer then reminds him that he was the one who beat up Bush, he also states "And I'd do it again".
+**In "[[The Trouble with Trillions]]", Homer is trying to get dirt on his friends for the FBI. Moe mentions Barney beating up George Bush, and Homer reminds him that he was the one who beat up Bush, adding, "And I'd do it again."
 **When trying to track down an [[Frank Grimes, Jr.|attempted murderer]], Homer mentions ex-President Bush could be one of the culprits. ("[[The Great Louse Detective]]")
-**In "[[Regarding Margie]]", Homer shows Marge a photo album to rejog her memory and shows her a photo of his fight with Bush. He also shows her a photo of him fighting [[George W. Bush]].
+**In "[[Regarding Margie]]", Homer shows Marge a photo album to jog her memory and shows her a photo of his fight with Bush. He also shows her a photo of him fighting George W. Bush.
-**In the [[couch gag]] of "[[Mathlete's Feat]]", Rick tells Morty ''The Simpsons'' did a episode when [[George W. Bush]] was their neighbor.
+**In the [[couch gag]] of "[[Mathlete's Feat]]", Rick tells Morty that ''The Simpsons'' did an episode when George W. Bush was their neighbor.
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 == Cultural references ==
 *At the beginning of this episode, Bart and Homer interrupt Apu singing the {{W|Cheap Trick}} song "{{W2|Dream Police|song}}" while washing [[Pontiac Firebird|his car]].
 *The relationship between Bart and {{Ch|George H. W. Bush}} is portrayed in a style reminiscent of ''[[Dennis the Menace]]'' and Mr. Wilson; [[Barbara Bush]] acts just like Mrs. Wilson, even using her catchphrase "Oh, George...".
 *Homer asks Bush to "apologize for the tax hike", a reference to Bush creating a 31% income tax as part of the 1990 Budget Reconciliation Act, despite his 1988 campaign promise of no new taxes.
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 *His going into the sewer was a reference to the 1988 campaign and the dirty tactics involved as a result of advice from Bush's then-advisor {{W|Lee Atwater}}.
 *Twice during the episode, Bart says 'Helllooooooo, Mr. Bush!' similar to how {{W|Animaniacs|Yakko, Wakko and Dot}} (to a male nurse) say 'Hellllooooooo, Nurse!'.
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 *His going into the sewer was a reference to the 1988 campaign and the dirty tactics involved as a result of advice from Bush's then-advisor {{W|Lee Atwater}}.
 *Twice during the episode, Bart says 'Helllooooooo, Mr. Bush!' similar to how {{W|Animaniacs|Yakko, Wakko and Dot}} (to a male nurse) say 'Hellllooooooo, Nurse!'.
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