Dick's line about the cigarette being "a silly millimeter longer" was a reference to the slogan of Benson & Hedges, which claimed their cigarettes were 101 millimeters in length.
Helen Gurley Brown states that she intends to have a nude male centerfold in "Cosmopolitan" someday. That day came two years later with Burt Reynolds' legendary photo shoot.
The show was taped and aired on Jim Brown's birthday, so the band played "Happy Birthday." He declined to reveal his age, but he was 34.