The actress portraying the prostitute who says the line "There's nothing wrong with being career oriented", is Rue McClanahan's niece, Amelia Kinkade.
All the actors Rose mentions star in 1989's All Dogs Go to Heaven.
As Rose is mentioning who will be at the party, all of the names are greeted with enthusiasm except Charles Nelson Reilly. Betty White, who played Rose, appeared in numerous episodes of the 1970's game show Match Game with Charles Nelson Reilly.
Blanche says "I wanted to be Miss Olivia de Havilland", who was 18 years older than Rue McClanahan, born in 1916 and already 69 years old when this episode aired. Olivia de Havilland died at age 104 in 2020 where as Rue McClanahan died at age 76 in 2010.
Loni Anderson, one of the actors mentioned as scheduled to attend the party, was later married to the host, Burt Reynolds, for 6 years.