Editing Spontaneous Combustion (section)

==Pop Culture References==
===Shout Outs===
Stan says that Jesus told his followers that "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." Spock said this to Kirk in the 1982 film <i>Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn</i>. 

Stan's dad lapses into a bizarre dream sequence during which he and the boys are chased by someone in a mask and incongruously wind up playing in a pop band. The music and montage is a parody of musical numbers seen on the comedy show <i>The Monkees</i>. How the person in the mask chases them through various doors is similar to the illogical scenes found in the <i>Scooby Doo</i> cartoons.

Priest Maxi's entire sermon at Kenny's funeral is about the Denver Broncos football team.  He starts with "Lord though we have lost Neil Smith to free agency and Steve Atwater to the Jets." Neil Smith was the defensive end for Broncos until 1999 when he became a free agent. Steve Atwater left the team to join the New York Jets. The prayer is finished with the church saying the Bronco's cheer "Let's go Broncos".

The scene in which Stan's dad is forced to drag a statue of himself through town is a recreation of the Stations of the Cross. The statue is modeled after Michelangelo's <i>David</i> but has Randy's face.

There is a radio commercial where former presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bob Dole brags about how he can get an erection. In 1999, Bob Dole became a spokesperson for Pfizer, the pharmaceutical that produces Viagra. He spoke in support of combating erectile dysfunction.

===Pwn'd===
The Nobel Prize awards in this episode is a parody of the Academy Awards, the annual award show for films. Actress Whoopie Goldberg, who in real life has hosted a number of Academy Awards including the year this episode was made, presents a speech of repeatedly saying "Republicans are so stupid". Actor Nick Nolte also presents at the award show, giving a belabored boring speech.

In Randy's speech about the disastrous effect of spontaneous combustion, he closes with a picture of Jocelyn Wildenstein, a Swiss-American socialite best known for her hideous amounts of plastic surgery.