Connections

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McBain: "Mendoza!!"

Not Just a Bad Father gets an honorable mention.

The Cosby parenting book is seen in the fire place with other books Homer has tossed in.

The soap-box cart is an unlockable vehicle.

Snob jokes that the father watched this episode in preparation for his daughter's go-kart race

Selma tells Patty she could turn the world on with her smile.

Selma reads a People magazine article about "Happy Days" and the Fonz.

Like Tom Cruise's character, Bart becomes a race car driver in this episode. He also agrees to drive Martin Prince's vehicle when Prince is injured, just as Cruise does for Michael Rooker's character.

In the final soapbox derby race, Nelson tries to run Bart's soapbox off of the road with a whip and with spiked wheels, spoofing the chariot race in "Ben-Hur."

In the "McBain" clip, McBain's partner is a spoof of Roger Murtaugh from the "Lethal Weapon" series.