Episode Quotes
Homer: Bart, you keep an eye out for the mailman. Just give me some kind of signal.
Bart: Dad, the mailman's here.
Homer: That's a good one. We'll use that.
(A postwoman appears behind Homer)
Bart: No! I mean the mailman's here.
(Homer screams)
Postwoman: Dear God! Are you planning to water the mail?
Homer: I guess it wouldn't do any good to run 'cause you're a mail-lady and you know my name and address and everything, huh?
Postwoman: That's right.
Homer: Well... I'm still going to run.
(Homer runs away)
Carl: I'd give him my blood, except for one thing
Lenny: What's that?
Carl: I don't wanna.
Homer: I can't believe you guys, there's a human being out there, with millions of dollars who needs our help, and you don't wanna cash in? That's why you losers are stuck in this crumby dead-end job!
Carl: You know Homer I am your supervisor…
Homer: Sorry sir.
Homer: Dear Mr. Burns. I'm so glad you enjoyed my son's blood, and your card was just great! In case you can't tell, I'm being sarcastic! YOU STINK! Could you read that last part back to me?
Bart: You stink!
Homer: Heh-heh-heh, good. You are a senile, bucktoothed, old mummy, with bony girl arms, and you smell like…
Bart: An elephant's butt?
Homer: Heh-heh, an elephant's butt!
Homer: Don't you know the story of Hercules and the lion?
Bart: Is it a Bible story?
Homer: Yeah, probably. Anyway, once upon a time, there was a big mean lion who got a thorn in his paw. All the village people tried to pull it out, but nobody was strong enough! So they got Hercules, and Hercules used his mighty strength, and...bingo! Anyway, the moral is, the lion was so happy, he gave Hercules this big...thing...of riches.
Bart: How did a lion get rich?
Homer: It was the olden days!
Cultural References
Michelangelo
The painting at the Springfield Post Office is a parody the famous Michelangelo painting, Creation.
Citizen Kane
When the camera rolls into the Burns mansion, a gate with a large B over it is seen as well as thunder and lightning. This is a parody of the opening to the 1941 classic film.