This is the episode where Homer grows a full head of hair. A conscious effort was made to have his hairstyle different in every scene.
The episode features a kiss between Homer and Karl, which occurred a decade prior to US television's first real man-on-man kiss on Dawson's Creek (1998).
The episode title is a reference to the biblical story, "Samson And Delilah". Sampson has super human strength, but loses it when his hair is cut off.
When Homer is admitted to the executive washroom, Burns says he was "watching the DuMont last night". In keeping with Burns's pattern of using antiquated expressions. DuMont was one of the original television networks, broadcasting from 1942 through 1955. It also made television sets from 1938 through 1958, when it was purchased by Emerson Radio.
His admiration for Rommel, a Nazi general, is part of another pattern, his Nazi sympathies. (In a later episode, he would reveal that he manufactured military supplies for the Nazis.)
His admiration for Rommel, a Nazi general, is part of another pattern, his Nazi sympathies. (In a later episode, he would reveal that he manufactured military supplies for the Nazis.)
Homer cures his baldness with an expensive product called Dimoxinil. This is a play on the word Minoxidil, a standard ingredient in such real-life baldness cures as Rogaine.