The extended joke of people pulling the hot dog caboose up the hill is a nod to it's title. Fitzcaraldo is about people in the Amazon pulling a boat over a mountain to deliver an opera house

Did you not see the post credit teaser as to who has the book?

Woody got through the entire show without using the term "make love" which is one of the Woodyisms I get irritated with. I consider it a big step in the right direction.

That would be a first when something Star Trek related ever induced a woman to orgasm

Funniest gag: Springfield Heights Institue of Technology

Marge would never think Bart is a sociopath. It's completely out of character.

How come the lead looks jewish?

KNICKERbaiter. Knickers!