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Cultural references

• The title of the episode is a parody of the title of the traditional American folk song "Man of Constant Sorrow".
• The song played during thug Bart sequence is "Started From The Bottom" by Drake.
• Hettie mentions in her songs:
  • PlayStation 3
  • Safeway
  • Barnes & Noble
  • Twix
  • Burger King
  • Selma, Patty, Grampa and Apu
  • The house next to Flanders
  • Apu's Squishee (Squishy)
  • Blinky (the three-eyed fishie)
• The song that Hettie sings are
  • at the dock "The Wayfaring Stranger"
  • on the stage "Down in the River to Pray
  • at the credits "Big Rock Candy Mountain".
• Some pictures on the black & white montage are versions of real life iconic pictures, specially from the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the Dust Bowl.
• The Video Tutorial Guy's shirt "It's Hammer Time!" is a reference to the rapper MC Hammer.

Continuity

• Maggie is seen in her star snowsuit. ("Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire")
• A picture of Bleeding Gums Murphy is Lisa's desktop picture. ("Moaning Lisa")
• Mr. Sparkle's box appears in the title screen. ("In Marge We Trust")
• Homer watches a tutorial on changing tiles on MyTube. ("Elementary School Musical")

Trivia

• Hettie asks Lisa when they do their couch gags, Lisa saying around 11:00 in the morning and that she'll be fine, both breaking the fourth wall.
• The Making Bacon sneak peak never made it into the episode.
• Hettie is based on a real life story.^[1]
• This is the second time where the Simpsons help a homeless woman with a singing talent, the first being Lurleen Lumpkin. ("Papa Don't Leech")

Goofs

• At the begining of the sledge race, Ralph was alone on his sledge, but when he passes Bart and Milhouse, there's a snowman with him.
  • Also, neither Nelson nor Richard were seen at the start line, but they were participating on the race.

References