Chalkboard Gag: I will not draw naked ladies in class

Couch Gag: The family rushes in and sits on the sofa. No gag.

This episode was nominated for the 1990 Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special.

This episode marks the first appearance of Rod Flanders.

Lisa: Remember, Dad. The handle of the Big Dipper points to the North Star.
Homer: That's nice, Lisa, but we're not in astronomy class. We're in the woods.

(Bart and Lisa entertain each other in the back seat of the RV)
Bart: Turkey farm?
Lisa: No.
Bart: Skunks?
Lisa: No.
Bart: Slaughterhouse?
Lisa: No.
Marge: What are you doing back there?
Lisa: We're playing, "What's that odor?"
Bart: Dad's feet?
Homer: Bart!
Lisa: You win, Bart.
Homer: Lisa!
Bart: Are we there yet, Dad?
Homer: I'll tell you when we get there. Go back to your smell game.

(After his RV crashes at the bottom of a canyon, Homer needs a minute alone)
Homer: (To Marge and the kids) Now you all stay here for a minute while I go over this way and try to get my bearings.
(Homer walks into the woods a little ways)
Homer: What am I gonna do? I've murdered us all!
Homer's Echo: I've murdered us all! I've murdered us all!
Homer: Shut up!
Homer's Echo: Shut up! Shut up!
Homer: D'oh!
Homer's Echo: D'oh! D'oh!
(Marge groans, as she and the kids can hear Homer's echo)

(Homer and Bart survive after falling over a waterfall)
Homer: Oh, Bart! Oh, Bart, my beautiful son! Why couldn't You have taken me? Of all the fates on Heaven and Earth, why did this one befall me? (Sobs Loudly)
Bart: Don't have a cow, Dad.
Homer: What the--D'oh! (Sees Bart on the other side of the river) You're alive! And (Chuckles) buck naked!
Bart: I'm not the only one, Home boy.
Homer: What? Oh! (Chuckles) Jungle man.
(Homer beats his chest and hollers like Tarzan)

The Call Of the Wild

The title is a play on the famous story "The Call Of The Wild."

The Sound Of Music

The music heard as the RV goes through the woods is taken from the famous 1965 musical.