Selma's Choice

When Great Aunt Gladys shows off her collection of potato chips, the scene was inspired by Myrtle Young, who appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962). During an interview with David Letterman, Young said she was working in quality control at a potato chip factory, and collected potato chips that looked like, amongst other things, famous people. The scene where Homer ate a chip is a reference to the Johnny Carson appearance, where, while Young was looking away, Johnny ate a chip from a separate bowl (not of the collection), Young, thinking Johnny had eaten a chip from her collection, was shocked, before Johnny cleared up the misunderstanding.

Aunt Gladys is referred to as Gladys Bouvier which is extremely unlikely since Bouvier is her sister Jacqueline's married name.