 Director Mark Kirkland considers this episode to be one of the most surreal episodes that he has worked on because it has a lot of story crammed into it , lots of parodies and contains several visual sequences . Al Jean has also called this one of the " craziest " episodes . Homer 's line " uh ... Yeah " after being asked if he found the bathroom is one of Jay Kogen 's favorite Simpsons jokes . The episode 's parody of Batman was named the 30th greatest film reference in the history of the show by Total Film 
