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Krusty's Canyonero

In addition to Jay Leno, other real-life comedians that portrayed themselves in the episode include Steven Wright, Janeane Garofalo, Bobcat Goldthwait and Bruce Baum, whoseappearance helped increase his popularity.[6][7][8] Krusty's "Krustylu Studios" is a spoof on the company Desilu studios set up by Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz, where the series Star Trek wasonce filmed.[1] During Krusty's "bender to end all benders" montage he is seen drinking out of, and vomiting into, the Stanley Cup. The National Hockey League sent a letter regarding this scene.[4]Mike Scully described it as a "kind of a cease and desist", but the production staff decided not to cut the scene from the episode.[4] Krusty attends the coffee shop Java the Hutt, a reference to theStar Wars character Jabba the Hutt.[9]
Canyonero

The "Canyonero" song and visual sequence was modeled after Ford commercials.[4] The sequence is a parody of a commercial for a sport utility vehicle,and Hank Williams Jr. sings a song about the Canyonero accompanied by country guitar music and whip cracks.[10] The song "Canyonero" closely resembles the theme to the 1960s television seriesRawhide.[1] The first verse of the song is: "Can you name the truck with four-wheel drive / Smells like a steak and seats thirty-five? / Canyonero! / Canyonero!"[10] This episode was the first appearance ofthe Canyonero, which again appeared in The Simpsons season 10 episode Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers".[10] The "Canyonero" song is included on the 1999 soundtrack album Go Simpsonic withThe Simpsons.[11]

Chris Turner wrote positively of the Canyonero spoof piece in Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Defined a Generation, calling it "a brilliant parody of an SUV ad".[10] Inan article in the journal Environmental Politics Steve Vanderheiden commented that the Canyonero reflected an "anti-SUV" stance by The Simpsons.[12] Vanderheiden wrote: "Even the popular animated...