One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Matt Groening was happy with the episode because he thought it felt like a callback to the first episode of "The Simpsons", "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", and because it features references to "One Hundred and One Dalmatians". The Disney film thrilled Groening as a child, and was one of the reasons he was first interested in animation and cartooning. In "One Hundred and One Dalmatians", the puppies watch cartoons on television several times; the idea of a cartoon within a cartoon thrilled Groening, and said that this idea inspired him to create "The Itchy &amp; Scratchy Show", a fictional television show within the "Simpsons" universe.