Bill Oakley himself had gone through the same thing when he was around 10 years old.

Bill Oakley considers the shot the "money shot" and had a difficult time communicating his idea to the animators.

Bill Oakley later expressed regret about not submitting an episode with a more emotionally-driven plot.

Bill Oakley and several other writers loved the short so much that they wanted to do more, but time limitations prevented them.

The idea for the episode was first conceived by Bill Oakley who thought that Homer should have an enemy.

Bill Oakley said the idea behind the character was that he "just lacked pizzazz".

Bill Oakley stresses that "it's not a political attack, it's a personal attack!"

Bill Oakley has admitted that he always gets teary-eyed when he watches the ending.

Bill Oakley feels that had this episode been submitted, it would have easily won.

Bill Oakley wrote the Chalmers scene because he is his all time favorite character from the show.