Was billed by FOX as the series' 300th episode because it was considered to be the 300th episode produced. However, FOX does not count the Christmas Special pilot towards that total. So technically, it was actually the 301st. FOX was very adamant about airing the "300th" episode on the same day as the Daytona 500 auto race, which is one of the biggest ratings draws of the year for the network, so they pushed the air date back to February 16th. So when the episode finally did air, it was actually the 302nd to do so (Christmas special included), even though FOX was hyping it up as #300. To further add to the confusion, all previous milestone episodes (100th, 138th, 200th, 250th) were based on airing order rather than production order, and with the Christmas special included.
Homer says he used Bart's money to buy pictures of him dropping Bart off the edge of a hotel balcony. This satirized Michael Jackson dangling his baby off a balcony the prior year.
Touted as The Simpsons 300th show, Lisa uses her baseball empire clicker to count the number of Homer's errors. The clicker registers 300.
On MTV Cribs, Mark Hoppus had a Ralph Wiggum toy and said he is his favourite Simpsons character.
Bart strangles Homer for stealing his "Baby Stink Breath" money, thereby giving Homer a taste of his own medicine for all the years he strangled Bart.