The title "Green Green Glow of Home" is a play on the country song title "Green, Green Grass of Home," written by Claude (Curly) Putnum, Jr. and first performed by Johnny Darrell. The song hit  #1 in the UK in 1966 performed by Tom Jones.  Other famous artists who have performed this song include Johnny Cash, Charley Pride, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley.

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

1. The Irig Farm - located up the road from the Kent Farm (as mentioned by Jonathan)
2. Kent Farm - home of Jonathan and Martha, has a work shed where Jonathan stores his tools, old bikes, and the case with the Kryptonite
3. Smallville Town Square - site of the Smallville CornFest
4. Coffee Shop - unnamed
5. Railroad crossing - not mentioned where in Smallville this is
6. Salt Lake City - where Wayne Irig claims to be when Trask is holding him hostage
7. Small pond - located on the Kent property, next to the work shed
8. Wichita - where Wayne Irig sent a piece of the Kryptonite to a lab for study
9. Lowell County - apparently where Smallville is located - Jonathan mentions that all the hotels book up there months in advance of the CornFest.

POWERS USED AS SUPERMAN

1. Flight - patrolling the skies of Metropolis
2. Hearing - hears the call for help as a woman is carjacked
3. Strength - lifts the front bumper of the car
4. Speed - cuts off carjacker's escape as the man tries to flee
5. Invulnerability - catches the bullets as the carjacker tries to shoot him

POWERS USED AS CLARK

1. Hearing - Jimmy's hypersonic watch blasts in Clark's ears
2. Strength - Clark is able to snap the chains Trask puts him in
3. Breath - Clark sucks in the trail of fire heading for his parents and Wayne, then blows it out as smoke/steam

NOT-SO-SUPERMAN

1. Clark's powers vanish in the presence of green Kryptonite.
2. This is Clark's first encounter with green Kryptonite.
3. Jonathan is the one to accidentally expose Clark to it.
4. Clark's powers to not automatically bounce back when he is away from the Kryptonite, as they do later on.
5. Clark is powerless for at least a day.
6. Clark's strength is the first power to come back to him, as evidenced by his ability to eventually win the test of strength carnival game. This MAY be a throwback to the fact that his strength was one of the first powers to manifest.
7. The super hearing comes back next, along with the rest of Clark's abilities.
8. Clark is forced to fight Trask without his powers and in a weakened state from his second exposure to Kryptonite, immediately preceding the fight.
9. Touching even the piece of dirt that the Kryptonite was embedded in burned Clark's hands.
10. It is not shown how long it takes him to regain his powers after the second exposure.

HINT, HINT!

1. Clark holding his ears when Jimmy's watch goes off. That was not a normal "I have a headache" or "I just thought of something important" gesture. He also makes a beeline for Jimmy.
2. Clark's excuse of having allergies. He looked like death warmed over, not a hay fever victim.
3. Clark's reaction to getting a paper cut. His reaction did nothing to hide his shock over seeing his own blood for the first time. He even admits that he can't remember ever getting a cut before and Lois has to tell him to "suck on it."
4. Was Wayne Irig out of it during the fight/rescue when they were tried up in the shed? Clark (rather loudly) proclaims "Superman's back." Trask also calls him "Superman" out loud - loud enough for Wayne to hear him if he is indeed conscious.
5. "I AM normal." - Clark emphasizes that a little too strongly after he is rendered powerless.
6. Clark admits to feeling "super" when he is back at the Daily Planet and Jimmy asks how he feels.

CLARK'S LAME EXCUSES

1. He claims to have allergies when Lois notices that he doesn't look well after his exposure to Kryptonite for the first time.
2. Clark's insistence to Perry that there is no story and that Lois just expects everything to be a big story.

ABOUT/THINGS TO DO/ THINGS TO EAT DURING THE SMALLVILLE CORNFEST

1. Carnival games, including tests of strength
2. Corn Pageant - which crowns a queen
3. Husk-Off
4. Corn-O-Rama
5. Line dancing
6. Barbeques
7. Popcorn
8. Creamed Corn
9. Corn on the cob
10. Book in advance, as hotel rooms in Lowell County book up months in advance.
11. The use of orange and black balloons at the festival probably reflects the fact that corn is often harvested in autumn.

HISTORY, HOBBIES, ALL CHARACTERS

LOIS LANE

1. Has tried line dancing lessons. A girlfriend convinced her it would be a great way to meet guys. It didn't work as Lois says "define guys."
2. Loves caramel apples.
3. Wanted to call Kryptonite "Kryptonium."
4. Bought a country dress because she knew it would amuse Clark.
5. Begins to see Clark as a friend, not just as a co-worker.
6. Chose and black and white bear over a Superman doll when Clark won the test of strength game.

CLARK KENT

1. Can line dance.
2. Has fond memories of before Wayne Irig's (unnamed) wife died. They gave out caramel apples on Halloween.
3. Took Rachel Harris to his high school prom (presumably, Rachael is a bit younger).
4. Apparently tells his parents everything, including about Lois' romance novel.
5. Gave Kryptonite it's name.
6. Is able to effectively fight Trask, even without his super-powers.
7. Allows Lois to have all the credit on the story.

MARTHA KENT

1. Paints. She has a modern art style painting of a bowl of fruit.
2. Owns a fax machine.
3. Loves Lois instantly.

JONATHAN KENT

1. Can cook. He mans one of the barbeque pits at the Smallville CornFest.
2. Is friends with fellow farmer Wayne Irig and hides Kryptonite for him.

JIMMY OLSEN

1. Is sent to Smallville on his first assignment as a photographer.
2. Is into technology, as evidenced by the prototype watch that he has from S.T.A.R. Labs.
3. Is able to get the photography assignment from Perry because 1) all the other photographers are busy and 2) he says to Perry that someone had to have taken a chance on him once.

PERRY WHITE

1. Listens to sounds of the rainforest in an attempt to lower his blood pressure.
2. Does the above while shoeless and sitting on the floor, Indian-style.
3. Discourages his reporters from getting too close to the story, but is glad Clark won the fight against Trask.
4. Knows how to push Lois' buttons. All he has to do is mention "Pulitzer Prize" and Lois is putty in his hands.
5. Has been in the newspaper business 35 years.
6. Does not like being hugged by Jimmy and tells him to never do it again. 

CAT GRANT

1. Says she prefers leather - NOT in reference to Jimmy's new watch.
2. Makes a face like she tasted something horrible when she mouths to Perry that Lois is on line 2.

OH, THE PEOPLE YOU'LL MEET

RACHEL HARRIS

1. Went to Clark's senior prom with him.
2. Can "two-step" and "tush-push."
3. Is the Smallville Sheriff.
4. Has a crush on Clark.
5. Is upset to see him with Lois.
6. Asks Jimmy if Clark has ever mentioned her.
7. Shoots and kills Jason Trask.

WAYNE IRIG

1. Was married - wife is deceased.
2. Long time friend of Jonathan Kent.
3. Lives up the road from the Kents.
4. Has a sister living in another state.
5. Refused to give up the location of the Kryptonite, despite broken fingers and a dose of sodium pentothal.

CAROL SHERMAN

1. Poses as an EPA operative.
2. Was hired by Trask.
3. Has a daughter to raise.
4. Helps Lois to escape after Lois mentions that if Trask kills the Kents, she'll be an accessory to murder.
5. Was momentarily impressed/stunned that the Daily Planet sent two reporters to Smallville for the "pesticides" removal.
6. Did not know the true reasons for Trask's operation until she pressed the issue.
7. Was uncomfortable with the idea of trying to kill Superman.
8. Did not know that Wayne Irig was being held until she stumbled into one of Trask's interrogations.

MAISIE

1. Waitress at the coffee shop in Smallville.
2. Knows/asks about Lois' book.
3. Admits to liking a good romance novel.

DEVICES:

1. Hypersonic watch - prototype from S.T.A.R. Labs. Initially developed to help find lost pilots for the Air Force.
2. Fax machine - Jonathan and Martha own one. Lois claims that she does not.

BITS AND PIECES

1. No one alive has ever quit Bureau Thirty-Nine.
2. Trask brought Superman's spaceship with him to Smallville.
3. Trask is the first person outside of the Kent family to learn that CK=S.
4. Clark's spaceship was found in 1966. Kryptonite was not discovered until a storm blew over Wayne Irig's oak tree in 1993.
5. The license plate on the rental car Lois and/or Clark drove was WBE 7P3 

WAIT...WHAT?

1. Clark is able to destroy the Kryptonite simply by throwing it into a rock. Shouldn't pieces of the radioactive rock have gotten into the water, causing him problems when he and Trask fall into the pond? What if Clark had swallowed the water?
2. Kryptonite was not discovered until Wayne's tree fell over. But later, in Tempus: Fugitive, we see pieces of it all over the ground surrounding Clark's spaceship.

First Season Trivia

"Green Green Glow of Home"

1. This episode had the least amount of "Superman" time. Dean Cain, costumed as the Man of Steel, only appeared in the first 56 seconds of the episode. 2. The Kent farmhouse in this episode was one of many structures damaged at Warner Bros due to the massive Northridge Earthquake -- January 17, 1994. In later episodes a different house was used for the Kent farmhouse. 3. Jason Trask's musical theme was written by William Kidd, a composer who worked under music director Jay Gruska. He said that Trask's theme turned out to be only 8 bars of music that repeated over and over again because the rest of the theme apparently never made it to the recording session. Sadly Green Green Glow of Home marked the second and final time Jason Trask would appear as a villain. He was created by Bryce Zabel and first appeared in Zabel's episode Strange Visitor. Another bit of trivia Zabel created in Strange Visitor that carried over to Green Green Glow of Home was Lois's romance novel ... much to Lois's chagrin.  4. The green kryptonite prop from this episode was won by a fan at the third LAFF (Los Angeles FoLC Fest) gathering in 1997. The  proceeds from the charity auction went to the Christopher Reeve Foundation.   Warner Bros and Deborah Joy LeVine donated items for the auction and Beverly Garland, the actress who played Lois Lane's mother beginning in third season, hosted the auction. It seems only fair since the FoLC Fest was held at the Beverly Garland Hotel for the event. Seriously, she was a great hostess and spent a lot of time with the fans answering questions and signing autographs.  5. Actress Sharon Thomas, who played Maise the waitress, is Dean Cain's mother. Ms Thomas also made cameo appearances in two other episodes, which will be noted when those episode pages are completed.  Sharon Thomas also played a waitress in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. She took Dr. McCoy's order for Altair water, which she pointed out was not his usual  poison.  Of course McCoy being possessed by Spock's "katra," pointed out that ordering poison in a bar was illogical.  6. The character of Lana Lang was supposed to appear in this episode as Clark's former high school prom date, but she was replaced by the character of Rachel Harris. The producers of Lois and Clark were told that the rights to Lana Lang belonged to the Superboy franchise rather than the Superman franchise.   Later the producers did procure the rights to Lana Lang, at least in the alternate universe, in the episode "Tempus Anyone?" 7. Jimmy Olsen signaling Superman with a special wristwatch is part of the Silver Age Superman lore that reappears intermittently. Jimmy Olsen was originally created to be a cub reporter who younger fans of the Superman radio program could identify with. DC Comics agreed that was a good idea and soon Jimmy Olsen began appearing in the comic books.