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1	* AlternativeJokeInterpretation:
2	** Wiggum either made [[WrongSongGag the exact mistake Ruth did]] by playing "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows" in lieu of a cooler song and [[ActuallyQuiteCatchy wound up getting into it]], or [[BaitAndSwitch that was the song he meant to play in the first place]]. Either way, point taken: he's a goof.
3	** Is the near empty telethon meant to be a jab at public television and PBS? Or is it actually a TakeThatAudience, a moment of ThisLoserIsYou for overly popular culture and mainstream sensation-obsessed viewers who don't take the time to pick up some culture and taste?
4	* FridgeHorror: The emergency team are unnervingly quick to ''cut off Homer's arms'' as the first solution to un-lodge him from the vending machines. Even lying to him that they'll "grow back." Combined with them referring to it as if something they've done before and the fact we see a ''skeletal arm inside one of the machines'', it's safe to say several people in Springfield weren't saved JustInTime like Homer was.
5	* HilariousInHindsight: When Lisa and Bart are seeing Marge off as she heads out for her night out with Ruth, Bart yells after her, "[[Music/TheClash Rock the Casbah]]!" Four seasons later, "Natural Born Kissers" would reveal that Homer and Marge use "Rock the Casbah" as a SexualEuphemism, and Bart ''knows about it'' (asking "Did you rock the casbah?" after they return from a weekend getaway), retroactively making it seem as if [[CrossesTheLineTwice he's suggesting that Marge should cheat on Homer while she's out partying]]. It actually feels like pretty warranted snark about the over-the-top CrazyJealousGuy reaction Homer is having to Marge having a little fun without him.
6	-->'''Homer:''' Man's best friend indeed.
7	* MemeticMutation: Homer's "Always do opposite of what Bart says" card, often used on the internet with Bart's name replaced.
8	* {{Squick}}:
9	** Homer kissing the giant pile of solid waste after he and Chief Wiggum are saved by it.
10	** The skeletal arm still lodged in the vending machine. Imagine how that smelled when it was rotting flesh.
11	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Despite becoming close friends with Marge and having an adventure together, Ruth's only major appearance after this episode came ten years later, otherwise limited to non-speaking cameos.

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