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Debut Appearances

• The Seven Duffs
• Jub-Jub

Trivia

• This episode marks the first appearance of The Seven Duffs. However, only Tipsy, Queasy, Surly and Remorseful are named in the episode.
• Aunt Selma had four beer smoothies.

Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to the novel Sophie's Choice.
• The line "Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead" is from The Wizard of Oz.
• The poem Aunt Gladys starts to read in her will is Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken.
• Duff Gardens is a parody of Busch Gardens & Disneyland.
• Hooray for Everything, the band performing in the second Duff Gardens ad, is a parody of Up with People.
• While Selma and the kids are at Duff Gardens, Marge and Homer watch Yentl, followed by a Troy McClure film, The Erotic Adventures of Hercules.
• The Little Land of Duff ride (which features the "Duff Beer for me, Duff Beer for you" song) is a reference to the It's a Small World ride at Disneyland.
• Lisa's exclamation of "I am the Lizard Queen!" and her subsequent trip is a reference to "Lizard King" by The Doors. She also dances like Jim Morrison, the lead singer.

Continuity

• In "The Funeral" Homer said "this is the last funeral we're going to". They have since attended:
  • Aunt Gladys ("Selma's Choice")
  • Bleeding Gums Murphy ("'Round Springfield")
  • Krusty the Clown ("Bart the Fink")
  • Frank Grimes ("Homer's Enemy")
  • Sideshow Bob ("Funeral for a Fiend")
  • Mona Simpson ("Mona Leaves-a")

Goofs

• When Jimbo, Kearney and Dolph leave Duff Gardens in bumper cars, the sign says "LEAVING DUFF GARDFNS" instead of "LEAVING DUFF GARDENS".