The fictitious "Jackie Kaye Show" combines Jackie Gleason and Danny Kaye.
The Grand Central Station Lost and Found manager tries to get Rob interested in creating a show based on his job. A sitcom based in a bus station lost and found department premiered in the UK as "On the Buses" and was adapted in the U.S. as "Lotsa Luck"
The title is based upon the Depression Era song "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime," with lyrics by 'Yip Harburg' and music by Jay Gorney (1931).
Sally mentions Mrs. O'Leary's cow. This is a reference to a popular folklore that it was O'Leary's cow that started the Chicago Fire in 1871.