At the time of this episode's broadcast, Muzzle Tough (1954) had not yet been released on DVD or Blu-ray in the United States, although it had been released on DVD in Japan.
No mailbag segment.
Bill Leff's radio shock jock character Simon Shock is partly inspired by Chicago-based radio personality Erich 'Mancow' Muller.
Leila Gorstein plays a French fast food worker (at the Eiffel Tower McDougall's) who is the recipient of one of Simon Shock's prank phone calls. Unamused, the fast food worker tells Simon Shock that French authorities have traced the call and warns him that he will be contacted by Interpol. This French character re-emerges in Tyler (2021) as an Interpol agent, apparently stationed at the Eiffel Tower fast food restaurant and still dressed in the fast food uniform (including headset, "MD" beret, neck scarf, and cigarette holder).