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Cultural references

• The title of the episode is a reference to the classic novel and film Double Indemnity as well as the clause of the same name in an insurance policy.
• The episode was originally to be titled "Mutual of Momaha," a reference to the insurance company, "Mutual of Omaha."
• The song that plays during the montage of Moe and Renee dating is "I'm a Believer" by The Monkees.
• The song Homer sings, "Stealing, stealing, stealing a car for Moe" is sung to the tune of "Sailing, Sailing (Over The Bounding Main)".
• The movie in the drive-in theater has a scene of the monkey President jumping out of Air Force One. This is a reference to the movie Air Force One, where the President of the United States, played by Harrison Ford, jumps off the plane in a parachute.
• The shot of Homer watching the drive-in movie with the train passing in the background is a reference to Hotshot Eastbound, a photograph taken by O. Winston Link in 1956.
• Homer's ghost resembled Jacob Marley from the Dickens novel A Christmas Carol.
• The Shawshank Redemption:
  • Hans Moleman, pushing the book cart in the jail, is dressed very similarly to Brooks the prison librarian in the movie.
  • The book cart plays a part in both Homer's escape from jail and main character Andy Dufresne's escape from Shawshank.
• The song that plays at the end of the episode is "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" by George Thorogood & The Destroyers.
• The shot of the train mirrors Back to the Future Part III.

Trivia

• When the people on the cruise are slow dancing, Edna Krabappel is seen dancing with Principal Skinner, but later on she is seen with Kirk Van Houten.
• When the people are dancing in Disco Stu's we can see Luann Van Houten with brown hair.
• In this episode the Police station is labelled "Jail". It is quite possible that both are in the same building, a la "The Andy Griffith Show."

Continuity

• Princess Kashmir and Otto are seen together at Stu's Disco. ("Flaming Moe's")
• Moe mentions that he used to be a boxer. ("The Homer They Fall")
• The man Moe buys the balloons from is the Khlav Kalash Vendor. ("The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson")