Roscoe mentions a horse named "Howie's Hurricane," another of the occasional in-jokes referencing the show's producer, Howie Horwitz.
Hanging on the office wall of J.J. Hale (Jack Mather) are framed photos of Robert Conrad, Connie Stevens, and Bert Convy.
After Jeff sings in the lounge, Sandra Phillips meets Jeff and says to him, "Candy is dandy". Jeff responds, "But liquor is quicker." These 2 lines constitute Ogden Nash's short poem titled "Reflections on Ice Breaking". Years later, Nash later added a third line: "Pot is not".