Chalkboard: I will not buy a Presidential pardon

In the original airing of the episode, Mr. Burns yells, "Faster, rickshaw driver, faster! You call yourself a Chinaman?" while Smithers is driving Mr. Burns during the charity marathon. In all reruns (including syndication), the last line is changed to, "You call yourself Chinese?" since "Chinaman" is considered a derogatory term.

Couch: The couch is outside a prison wall. A siren wails and a searchlight moves as The Simpsons (dressed in striped prison jumpsuits) tunnel their way to the couch.

Lisa: But you have recruiting ads on TV. Why do you need subliminal messages?
Smash: It's a three-pronged attack. Subliminal, liminal, and superliminal.
Lisa: Superliminal?
Smash: I'll show you. (opens the window and shouts at Lenny and Carl, who are standing on the corner) Hey, you! Join the Navy!
Carl: Uh, yeah, all right.
Lenny: I'm in.

"Yvan Eht Nioj" Lyrics

Oh, say can you rooooooocckk!!

There's trouble in a far-off nation.
Time to get in love formation.
Your love's more deadly than Saddam,
And that's why I gotta drop da bomb!

Yvan eht nioj.
Yvan eht nioj.
Yvan eht nioj... nioj!

This party is happenin'.
It's no mirage.
So sing it again.
YVAN EHT NIOJ!

Yvan eht nioj.
Yvan eht nioj.

Smash: Man, they're gonna be big. And you stood in their way.
Skinner: No, I didn't. I even came in early and made orange drink.
Smash: Orange drink? What, do you live with your momma?
Skinner: SHE lives with ME.

Bart: Hellooooo Springfield! Here's a song that your Principal Skinner didn't want us to play.
Kids: Boo!
Skinner: That's not true! This assembly was my idea. I like your brand of inoffensive pop-rock.
Bart: Screw you man! We're gonna play it anyway!

This episode's title is an obvious parody of the name of the boy band, “New Kids on the Block” that lasted from 1984 to 1994 and was revived with the original members in 2007.