Writer:	George Meyer
Director:	David Silverman
Star:	Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, and others),  Julie Kavner (Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier),  Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and others),  Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson),  Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, and others)
Recurring Role:	Maggie Roswell (Maude Flanders, Helen Lovejoy, Miss Hoover, and others)
Guest Star:	Greg Berg (Rory, Homeless Guys)

This is the first time that Mr. Burns released the hounds after Bart was intruding. (edit) Dallas Cowboys players Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarkey are actually the names of two producers of The Simpsons. (edit) This episode aired Thanksgiving night in 1990. (edit) Blackboard Joke: I will not do that thing with my tongue.
Couch Gag: The family runs in and startles Grampa, who is sleeping on the couch. (edit)

Homer: Hello, operator! Give me the number for 911! (edit) Homer: Alright Bart, that's it! Go to your room! Now!
Bart: Okay, I'll take some white meat and some stuffing to go and send in the pumpkin pie in about twenty minutes.
Homer: I said now!
Bart: Mom do I have too?
Marge: Yes you do! I hope your happy Bart! You ruined Thanksgiving! (edit) Bart: Alright! Twelve bucks and free grub to boot! Viva skid row! (edit) Bart: I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll do it again! (edit) Marge: Now we can blame him for everything!
Homer: It's your fault I'm bald.
Abe: It's your fault I'm old.
Maggie: It's your fault I can't talk!
Uncle Sam: It's your fault America has lost its way!
Everyone: It's all your fault! It's all your fault! It's all your fault! (edit)

A guard at Mr. Burns' mansion can be spotted reading Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo. (edit) Everyone drinks wine with dinner except Homer, who sips from a can of Duff. (edit) A Springfield Retirement Castle sign reads: "Thank you for not discussing the outside world." (edit) goof: When Kent Brockman got back in the van after his report, he had a different look to him. (edit) Patty's sundress turns blue when she says that Marge's turkey is dry. (edit)

Croesus and Mammon
When Bart goes to the Burns mansion, we see that it is at the corner of Croesus and Mammon. Croesus was an ancient king of Lydia and became a symbol of great wealth to the ancient Greeks; now it is used as a term for a very rich, usually arrogant person. Mammon was an Aramaic term meaning riches, as in The New Testament: Matthew 6:24… "you cannot serve God and Mammon". Now it is used as a term for great material wealth, especially of a evil or debasing influence. (edit) Lisa: I saw the best meals of my generation destroyed by the madness of my brother.
This line is a parody of the phrase, "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness..." The line is taken from the epic poem, "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg. Lisa calls her poem "Howl of the Unappreciated." (edit) Uncle Sam: It's your fault America has lost its way!
Less than a year into its run, many conservative social activists (as well as President George H. W. Bush) had blamed The Simpsons, and particularly the character of Bart, for contributing to the decaying morals among American youth. Uncle Sam's taunt references this. (edit) America Sings!
Performing at the halftime show is Hooray for Everything, a group of "clean-cut youngsters" who sing about "the dancingest hemisphere, the Western Hemisphere." Hooray for Everything bears a striking resemblance to America Sings!, the group of young men and women that performs yearly at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. (edit)