The episode had problems with the censors as they objected to scenes of Snake pointing his shotgun at Maggie. In spite of this, it is one of the few episodes that has been given a G-rating on American television.
During the end credits, gun shots are heard when Phil Hartman's name appears on screen. This eerily predicts the actor's death later in the year when he was shot by his wife.
Executive producer David Mirkin hated doing clip shows and "wouldn't do them if we had a choice" and this is referenced at the end of the episode.
All of the musical numbers in this episode, with the exception of "We Put the Spring in Springfield", are on the soundtrack Songs in the Key of Springfield. "We Put the Spring in Springfield" instead appears in Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons.
When Lisa lists all the people who sing (Krusty, Mr Burns and Apu), they consist of all the main male voice actors (Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer and Hank Azaria, respectively).