Trivia[]
- A total of 4.26 million households watched this episode.
- The episode received positive reviews from critics.
- When Gene is changing stations on Mort's radio, "Lifting up the Skirt of the Night" and one of the songs played during Tina's birthday party in Sheesh! Cab, Bob? can be heard briefly.
- The title of this episode refers to the 1989 dark comedy film Weekend at Bernie's in which the main characters attempt to convince people that their deceased boss is still alive.
- Bob's model kit of the bus from Speed is a reference to the bus from the 1994 action film Speed.
- Louise takes her school backpack with her over to Mort's
- Mort drinks a Pesto Colada while at Jimmy Pesto's Pizzeria.
- The mortician's dating website that Mort uses is called cre-mates.net. His eventual date, Samantha's profile picture can be seen in the shot of the website on Mort's computer screen.
- In a deleted audio segment, Mort hosts a weekly podcast called "Hey, It's Your Loss" with the Belcher children guesting.
- Scott Jacobson's last name is misspelled "Jacobsen" in the "Written by" credit.
Goofs[]
- When the Belchers sing "Weekend at Mort's" during the episode, everyone mouths Louise's "Uh! Uh! Uh!" but only Louise sings it. In some foreign dubs, they all sing the line.
- Additionally, the captions state that Linda is singing the line for both times the song occurs.
- When the kids are told not to go near Mort's computer, the screen is blank while Louise makes her way over to it.
- When the Belchers and Mort are crowding around Mort's computer, Linda appears wearing her apron in the first shot that's facing the door.
- When the kids are putting Bob in the cremation machine, its walls are translucent.
- After Bob is nearly burnt alive by his kids and is freed, Mort and Samantha walk in on them. Bob then asks for her name even though he already knew as he was present when she mentioned it. It is likely he is still intoxicated and doesn't remember.
- In the crematory scene after the kids free Bob, Bob's clogs are gray.
Behind the Scenes[]
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| Human Flesh • Crawl Space • Sacred Cow • Sexy Dance Fighting • Hamburger Dinner Theater • Sheesh! Cab, Bob? • Bed & Breakfast • Art Crawl • Spaghetti Western and Meatballs • Burger War • Weekend at Mort's • Lobsterfest • Torpedo | ||
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