The episode features a parody of "The Wonder Years", in which Bart stares into the distance after realizing he has to get his first job, and an older version of Bart's voice is heard saying "I didn't realize it at the time, but a little piece of my childhood had slipped away forever." Daniel Stern guest starred as the voice of the adult Bart, just like he did for the adult voice of the character Kevin in the television show "The Wonder Years" (he had also featured with Yeardley Smith in the movie "City Slickers" around the time this episode was produced). Reiss stated Stern was a "pleasure" to work with and it took him only a few minutes to record his lines. Stern's younger brother David M. Stern worked as a writer on both "The Simpsons" and "The Wonder Years", so he helped the writers get the idioms and the wording of the parody right.