The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs/Trivia

Trivia

 * The book that Mr. Garrison is assigning is "The Catcher In The Rye" by J.D. Salinger. It had been often challenged due to it themes of sexuality, angst, rebellion, alienation, and teenage confusion.
 * This entire episode was directed at the fact people seem to derive some sort of meaning out of books, even when there is absolutely none.
 * This is the second time where one of Cartman's friends (Kenny) has agreed with him on murdering someone in order to accomplish their goals (The first being in "Good Times with Weapons" when Kenny gets his shuriken stuck in Butters eye and Cartman suggests that they kill Butters which Kyle, fearful of his mom, agrees with).
 * Al Roker's statement that "The Catcher in the Rye" caused someone to make an assassination attempt on former President Ronald Regan is partially incorrect. Although it has been claimed that John Hinkley Jr. who attempted to kill Regan, could have been motivated by The Catcher in the Rye, it is more widely said that he was instead supposedly motivated by Jodie Foster's performance in the 1976 film Taxi Driver.
 * While Kenny does not die in the episode, Cartman does declare him dead while they, along with Kyle, are playing Xbox 360.

Goofs

 * In the original airing, Kyle mouths "What?" twice and no voice comes out. South Park Studios later corrected this in the re-runs of the episode.
 * Meredith Vieira's lips change shapes between shots.
 * When the boys first start writing The Tale, chapter one begins with "It was a warm spring morning..." but when Stan's mother finds it,she reads "It was a warm summer morning...". But this could also be because they revised and edited the book.