The Road to Cincinnati/References
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Cultural references
- The name of the episode is a reference to Road to ... film series starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.
- Superintendent Chalmers was to give his keynote speech in the Procter & Gamble room.
- The movie Game Night plays on the plane. Jason Bateman reprised his role as one of the main characters, Max Davis.
- Skinner also mentions him and his role on the plane to Superintendent Chalmers.
- "Timothy" by The Buoys plays in the car.
- Greg vocalizes "Greensleeves".
- J.T. Winchester mentions Lifetime Movies.
- The judge's car is a Cutlass.
- "The Ballroom Blitz" by The Sweet plays during the fight between Chalmers and Skinner.
- A Terry Bradshaw stayed at the inn, but not the one Chalmers was thinking of
- Pete Rose and his gambling problem are mentioned on the Welcome to Cincinnati sign.
- The conversation starters cards includes:
- Favorite Seinfeld episode.
- Gary short for Garibaldi: it's shortly after revealed that Chalmers' full name is Garibaldi Chalmers.
- Sock, sock, shoe, shoe vs sock, shoe, sock, shoe: a common point of discussion.
- The end theme of WKRP in Cincinnati plays during the credits.
- Skyline Chili is a real chili restaurant chain.
Continuity
- A Steamed Hams Steamed Hams restaurant is seen. ("22 Short Films About Springfield")
Goofs
- Chalmers is shown to have the fear of flight, though in "Livin La Pura Vida" he was fine.
- Sugar cubes change color between white and brown between scenes.
Trivia
- For this episode, the complete Simpsons Family only appear in the end, when Marge suggests to see the Shakespeare Improv Troup. Homer says that Lenny was sick, but Carl was here at the Plant. Bart initially did not know he could visit firemen's casern and Lisa studied Perou. Soon in the episode, Bart is the one who advises Skinner to stand up for himself, and Lisa has two scenes where she plays in the recess, but apart from those scenes, Skinner and Chalmers are in the center of this episode.
