Semi-accurate predictions included The Rolling Stones still touring in the 2010s, card-based payment at vending machines, calculator-sized computers, expanded cable lineups, and videophones (at least in the form of Skype and similar services).
Lisa is revealed to later become a vegetarian. This foreshadows a future episode, Lisa the Vegetarian (1995).
On the real August 1, 2010, the day of the wedding, "Lisa Simpson" was a trending topic on Twitter.
During Kent Brockman's news coverage, the list of celebrities who have been arrested:
- The Baldwin Brothers Gang
- Dr. Brad Pitt
- John John John Kennedy
- George Burns
- Infamous Amos Grandson of Sam
- The Artist Formerly Known as (Prince's symbol shown)
- Tim Allen, Jr.
- Senator and Mrs. Dracula
- The Artist Formerly Known as Buddy Hackett
- Madonnabots: Series K
- Sideshow Ralph Wiggum
- Martha Hitler
- Johnny Neutrino