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Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on the classic jazz song "Ain't Misbehavin'".
• Ken goes to a Ferrari dealership after winning the lottery.
• Triple Cookie is a parody of Oreo cookies.
• Homer drills holes in Bart's Xbox as punishment.
• Patty says that if Homer is declared legally dead, he won't even be able to rent a U-Haul.
• When eating a burrito, Homer says "Ghost pepper? More like Casper the Friendly Ghost pepper."
• When Homer finds out he's legally dead, "End of the Line" by the Traveling Wilburys plays. It also plays at the end of the episode.
• Burger Reynolds and Princess Fry are parodies of Burt Reynolds and Princess Diana, commonly referred to as "Princess Di", respectively.
• Selma gives Patty's full name as "Patricia Agatha Cruella Bouvier." Her middle names are a reference to Agatha Harkness from Marvel Comics and Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmatians.
• Hairstyles Julio tries for Patty include Grace Jones, which Patty says is "too '80s," and Pippi Longstocking, which Patty says is "too Wendy's."
• Selma uses Grumble, a parody of the dating app Bumble.
• When Selma tells Lisa her profile photo on Grumble isn't that old, Lisa points out that she's at a Howard Johnson's. Howard Johnson's restaurants closed down three years before the episode aired.
• Merle says that his egg recipe is the same one they serve in the JFK Delta Lounge.
• One of Patty and Selma's two rules is "MacGyver every Sunday."
• When Patty is leaving for Palm Springfield, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" by Nancy Sinatra plays.
• Palm Springfield is a parody of Palm Springs, California.
• The slogan for Palm Springfield is "Gays just want to have sun," a reference to the song "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper.
• The stylish patron has a 1948 Albert Frey house.
• Lisa says that Selma makes Merle go to Starbucks to use the bathroom.
• Bart and Lisa come up with a plan to "Parent Trap" Patty and Selma.
• The Subaru Dr. Martens LPGA Tournament is a LPGA tournament sponsored by Subaru and Dr. Martens.
• At the golf tournament, Bart tells Patty that he saw Cynthia Nixon while Lisa tells Selma that she'll get a better view of Nelly Korda if she took three steps backwards.
• LSBN, the Ladies Sport-Ball Network, is a parody of ESPN, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.
• The sports commentator says that Patty and Selma are two more casualities of the notoriously difficult Jack Nicklaus-designed par five.

Trivia

• Patty's full name is given as "Patricia Agatha Cruella Bouvier," when her middle name was previously given as "Maleficent" in "Livin La Pura Vida".
• Alice Glick is seen alive, despite being killed in "Sashes to Sashes".

Continuity

• Leslie Swisher is seen in Palm Springfield Brunch District. ("There's Something About Marrying")