Declan Desmond, played by Eric Idle, asks Homer if he can use the "condiment pen" on fish and chips, to which Homer replies, "You can use it to put horseradish on your dead mother for all I care." This is a reference to a Monty Python sketch, in which John Cleese takes his mother to undertakers (Graham Chapman and Eric Idle) who suggest various means of disposing of the body, finally suggesting cannibalism - horseradish is suggested as a seasoning.
The movie "A Blind Man Climbs Mount Everest" is a reference to Erik Weihenmayer, a real blind person, who climbed up to Mount Everest on May 25, 2001. He also completed the Seven Summits in September 2002, joining 150 mountaineers at the time who had accomplished that feat, but as the only climber who was blind.
This is the shortest Simpson episode, at 19 minutes and 49 seconds.
The slideshow of pictures showing Moe growing up is a parody of Michael Jackson's looks throughout the years.