The music played during the Nelon meets his Dad scene and the closing credits was composed by Gustav Holst and is titled Mars.
"Moose and Squirrel" was a line often spouted by Russian Spy Natasha from The Bullwinkle Show (1959).
Couch Gag: The couch is a toaster and the Simpsons pop out of it but Homer gets caught and catches fire.
Ksenia Solo , the voice actor for Anastasia Alekova, was actually born in the Former Soviet Union, and is a resident of Canada.