Homer's line "Yeah, Homer's right" during the scene where the pretzel wagon arrives was ad-libbed by Dan Castellaneta.
The episode's final scene, the mob war, was conceived by Matt Groening as no one else could come up with an ending.
The names of Cletus children are: Tiffany, Heather, Cody, Dylan, Dermot, Jordan, Taylor, Brittany, Wesley, Rumer, Scout, Cassidy, Zoe ("Zo"), Chloe ("Clo"), Max, Hunter, Kendall, Caitlin, Noah, Sascha, Morgan, Kyra, Ian, Lauren, Q-bert, and Phil.
Jack Lemmon's portrayal of Frank Ormand is based on the character Shelley Levene from Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), also played by Lemmon. The character Gil Gunderson, who would not be introduced until the ninth season episode Realty Bites (1997), was also based on Levene.