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Cultural references[edit]

• The episode's title is a pun on the song "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by the Irish rock band U2.
  • The title also refers to the Super Bowl Sunday, a main element in the episode.
• The episode's couch gag recreates the collision scene from Titanic.
• The character design for Postmaster Bill, the tour guide for the field trip at the Springfield Post Office, was based on folk singer Burl Ives.

The Legends of Comedy poster includes Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, and Ben Turpin.

• The portraits on the poster Legends of Comedy include Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, and Ben Turpin.
• Postmaster Bill mentions the "Macarena", the popular Spanish song from the 1990s.
• The Val-U-Qual Coupons include tango dance lessons.
• Homer sings a slightly modified version of "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes.
• The background music heard in the waiting room at High-Pressure Tire Sales is "Spanish Flea", recorded by Herb Alpert in the 1960s.
  • The music is later heard during the credits.
• The music heard on the TV when the footballers are spending time in a hotel pool is similar to the iconic theme music from NFL on Fox.
• When complaining about the lifestyle of contemporary players, Moe gives a counterexample with Canadian-American footballer Bronko Nagurski.
• Moe's favorite team is the Atlanta Falcons. Homer mentions the Denver Broncos, and Wally Kogen mentions Bill and Hillary Clinton.
• Marge's dream was to see the Bolshoi Ballet.
• Rudy is a parody of Sean Astin's title character Rudy Ruettiger in the 1993 sports film Rudy.
  • Rudy is wearing a blue and gold jacket from the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football, a team he always dreamed of playing for.
  • Krusty tells him that he was "too small" to go to the Super Bowl. This is a reference to Rudy being considered undersized at 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) and 165 lb (75 kg). Nevertheless, he made it to the team with financial help from his father.
• The song "Wild Weekend" by American rock band NRBQ is heard when the group goes by bus to Miami for the Super Bowl.

The board game Li'l Leonardo is a reference to artist Leonardo da Vinci.

• The board games at the Simpsons' house include:
  • Mono Polize, a pun on Monopoly.
  • Li'l Leonardo, a reference to artist Leonardo da Vinci.
  • Color by Numbers, a real painting game, usually named Paint by number.
  • Vincent Price's Egg Magic: Vincent Price endorsing an egg crafts product, referencing the fact that he played Egghead in the 60s Batman TV show.
• The group arrived at Pro Player Stadium, now named Hard Rock Stadium.
• At Rosey Grier's Porta-Chapel, former footballer and Protestant minister Rosey Grier prays that "the wandering Oakland Raiders may someday find a home", referencing the many relocations the team had throughout its history.
• Outside Pro Player Stadium:
  • Jim Plunkett and Ricky Watters are seen in the Take a Leak with NFL Greats stall.
  • Troy Aikman draws caricatures for the people.
  • Dan Marino orders Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds and Bubba Smith to beat Homer.
• Marge loved Vincent Price's role in The Abominable Dr. Phibes, a 1971 British comedy horror film.
• The use of Vincent Price in the phone message is a reference to a fake radio commercial for Coke that used sound bites of Vincent Price from his films.
• The song "Legs" by ZZ Top is heard during the Super Bowl commercial. The commercial is loosely based on the end of "Legs" music video.
• Dolly Parton mentioned she had to sing a medley with American actor Rob Lowe.
• Wally organizes tours to Dollywood, the theme park partially owned by Dolly Parton, and "Euro-Dollywood", a pun on Eurodisney.
• After turning down Krusty, Dolly flies away in a jetpack wearing a dog mask that looks similar to Snoopy from Peanuts.
• "Song 2" by the English rock band Blur is heard when Homer and his group are running in the stadium alleys.
• The 20th Century Fox Fanfare is heard when Rupert Murdoch, chairman of FOX, orders the players to create the figure saying "Hi Rupert".
• Homer, Wally, and Chief Wiggum run out of the skybox in The Three Stooges fashion, making similar noises.
• One of the football players says he is going to Disneyland.
• Former vice president Al Gore is measuring the window at Bill Clinton's office.
• Lenny and Carl stole two Super Bowl rings, while Homer stole the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

Trivia[edit]

• Caricature-drawing Troy Aikman's line ("You like dune buggies? Everybody likes dune buggies!") is a reference to a similar line from a caricature artist drawing almost identical pictures in Season 4's "Lisa the Beauty Queen" ("You like roller skating? Everybody likes roller skating!").
• During the Gracie Films logo, Rupert Murdoch shouts "Silence!".
• Among the characters Homer takes to the Super Bowl are Lenny, Carl, Bart, Barney, Wally, Rev. Lovejoy, Ned Flanders, Dr. Hibbert, Dr. Nick Riviera, Charlie, Comic Book Guy, Moe, Hans Moleman, the Squeaky-Voiced Teen, Blue-haired lawyer, Krusty the Clown, Sideshow Mel, Chief Wiggum, Bumblebee Man, Captain McCallister, and Kirk Van Houten.
• The name "Wally Kogen" is a composite of two early Simpsons writers: Jay Kogen and Wallace (Wally) Wolodarsky.

Goofs[edit]

• Ned Flanders is seen to have a lot of hidden body fat in this episode, but most episodes that show him shirtless depict him as very muscular.
• When everyone is drunk on the bus, the Blue-Haired Lawyer's glasses have black rims in this episode instead of the usual green ones.
• When Marge suggests the Color-By-Numbers kit to Lisa, she is instead holding the Li'l Leonardo Art Set. After the camera changes, she is actually holding the correct Color-By-Numbers kit, but another Color-By-Numbers kit is also seen behind her.
• When Marge and Lisa look through art kits, in one shot when Marge is behind the Leather Craft set, her arm is drawn in front of it, revealing it is not fully drawn.