The parrots squawking "you nasty man!" and "don't never do that!" are referring to the 1934 Alice Faye song, "You Nasty Man."
The bus engine has the same sound as Bluto's sports car in "The Spinach Roadster."
Betty is addressed by her first name in this short.
Betty's unfortunate encounter with the bus back splash of the puddle would be re-imagined over sixty years later with the opening credits for Sex and the City (1998).