Bodhisattva parodies James Edward Baker, alias Father Yod. Baker and his followers opened The Source organic restaurant in Los Angeles in 1969. He died in a hang gliding accident on August 25, 1974.
The chalk roster board on the wall lists names of precinct detectives including Marcus, Cress, Velie and Angel. Jerry Marcus is the second unit director; Warren Cress is camera operator and Grant Velie is lighting director. Jim Angel was past camera operator.
Bodhisattva is the title of a song by rock band Steely Dan, founded in 1971 in New York by Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). In Buddhism, a bodhisattva is a person who is on the path towards bodhi or Buddhahood.