Saturdays of Thunder/References

== References ==
*The episode title is a reference to the 1990 stockcar racing movie Days of Thunder.
*Bart argues with Homer before his final race and says he wants nothing to do with him. However, when Bart looks in the audience he sees Homer has indeed come to watch him race. This is a reference to The Natural; after Robert Redford's character had an argument with Glenn Close's character, she makes up for it by attending his last game where he makes fireworks by hitting a ball into the lights. Before making a hit, he looks in the audience and sees she is indeed there to support him.
==Trivia==
*Troy McClure's appearance on a QVC-like program was perhaps a way of relaying then-Fox Broadcasting Company head and Mr. Burns physical inspiration Barry Diller's growing interest in acquiring home shopping channels. Diller would finalize his bid for QVC, which he owned for three years, in December 1992. Diller would also make a successful purchase for the rival Home Shopping Network in August 1996.
*The scene in which Bart welds with his mask up caused a battle between the show creators and the network censors, who were convinced that kids would hurt themselves by playing around with welding tools. The show creators were able to convince them that very few kids actually use welding tools.
*The head of the National Fatherhood Institute drinks from a Super Dad mug.
*The sign at the video store reads: VHS Village, Formerly the Beta Barn.
** It can be suggested that the store used to sell Beta tapes before switching over to VHS after the latter format emerged victorious in the videotape format war.
*Homer double parks at the VHS Village.
*Tapes at the video shack include: "Du Du Du", "Border Siesta", "The Bad Football", "Speed Boat Bloopers", "Frisbee", "Super Jock 3", "Death By Knockout", "Bench Clearing Brawls", "Blood On The Ice", and "Football's Greatest Injuries".
*Homer's unimpressive spice rack from "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge" makes another appearance in this episode.
*The Duff Beer commercial which was previously seen in "Homer's Odyssey" and made a cameo in "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" makes another cameo here as Homer is sulking on the couch.
*This is the first episode to use Alf Clausen's full version of the theme song during the opening sequence. ("Stark Raving Dad" first used the condensed version of Clausen's arrangement while the full opening was last used on "When Flanders Failed" which had Danny Elfman's arrangement.) Although this version was first used for this episode in foreign markets, it is also used on all releases of the third season DVD. It is also the first episode to use Clausen's theme for the closing credits.
*Marge, Patty, and Selma read Idle Chatter and Peephole magazines at the beauty salon.
*Homer struggles to come up with another father he has talked about parenting with prior to his conversation with Ned Flanders. However, he technically could have passed the test even prior to this conversation due to his conversation with Dave earlier in the episode.
*Harry Shearer based the voice of Dave, the director of the Fatherhood Institute, on actor Mason Adams.
*This episode premiered on November 14, 1991 and got high ratings because it was immediately followed by the premiere of Michael Jackson's infamous "Black or White" music video.
*The 1975 movie Death Race 2000 was one of the inspirations for the episode.
*During the "I Can't Believe They Invented It!" scene, Dr. Nick's line, "Thank you, Troy. Hi, everybody!" has been reused from "Homer Vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment", but instead his line is redubbed to Buck Henderson.
== Goofs ==
* In the audience for "I Can't Believe They Invented It!", the top of a woman's shirt repeatedly switches from green to yellow like her skin.
*When Homer is watching McBain at VHS Village, McBain and his colleague are initially outside in front of a brick wall, with McBain to the left of his colleague. However, when the scene switches to the contents of the screen, they are sitting at a table indoors, with McBain to the right of his colleague. It's possible that this marks a scene change, although it comes across as a somewhat awkward transition.
*When Patty looks through a catalog of hairstyles, the pictures become white text once she is finished turning each page.
* The man admitting participants into the soapbox derby holds a clipboard with a hole that is colored in for a frame.
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