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Cultural references

• Marketing a Murderer is a parody of Making a Murderer.
  • The narrator mentions HBO, Netflix and House Hunters International. A Netflix stock ticker is also shown.
• Baby Ein-sign is a reference to Baby Einstein.
  • The sign language used is American Sign Language.
• Marge feeds Maggie Cheerios.
• The Detonator played Halfmonth, a parody of Fortnite.
  • The Detonator mentions Kentucky Fried.
  • The game appeared in act 4 of the Game of Games event of The Simpsons: Tapped Out, in the quest Fourscore and a Halfmonth.
• Marge reads "Hansel and Gretel" from the book Beloved Children's Stories.
• Marge mentions Star Wars movies, and Maggie signs no more, then Marge mentions Baby Yoda, and Maggie signs that she was once America's baby.
• The frog in the video that Bart sees on his tablet is Michigan J. Frog.
• Homer plays a parody of the game called Crapped Out on his tablet. The opening theme is playing instead of the game music.
• Marge mentions Steve Jobs (instead of the in-universe Steve Mobbs), Instagram, Facebook and Nextdoor.
• Marge uses Pinterest.
• Lisa reads The Passage of Power by Robert Caro.
• Homer dreams of Harvard School of Jumbles and Albert Einstein.
• The song "Jumble Boogie" is a parody of "Jungle Boogie" by Kool & the Gang.
• Marge's cook books include Padma Lakshmi's Hot and Zesty and Tiffany Haddish's Fun with Radishes.
• The rehab center As Seen on Celebrity Death Spiral has a discount for Screen Actors Guild members.
• Dr. Drew is addicted to the mobile game Fruit Ninja and transforms into The Hulk.
• Dana Gould said that four people suffocated in the Creature from the Black Lagoon suit before they got it right.
  • Dana Gould is a former writer and producer for The Simpsons.
• Bart shouts and writes retweet, the action of reposting a tweet on Twitter.
• Homer mentions Google, TikTok and Reddit.
• Homer stands on a broken DVD of A Quiet Place.
• Homer signs "Bob Seger" and guitar music plays.
• Chief Wiggum plays "Reminiscing" by Little River Band in the police car.

Trivia

• The episode was dedicated to James Lipton who passed away on March 2, six days before this episode aired.
• The posters over the end credits are:
  • Relapses, featuring Barney Gumble.
  • Dr. Drew's, featuring Dr. Drew Pinsky looking like The Hulk.
  • Promises Promises (twice as good as Promises!)
  • Vagueness, a place for betterment.
  • The Stress Nest, for the over-relaxed.
• Downton Rehabbey, a parody of Downton Abbey.

Continuity

• Bart wears nerd glasses. ("The Last Temptation of Homer").
• The Detonator appears again ("E My Sports") and his real name is revealed to be "Jason".
• The Jammitin medication is seen in one of the computer's background. ("Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass")