The episode that begins with tips on avoiding deer accidents and goes onto the segment on password managers, the gold box idea is similar to what was seen in the film, Pulp Fiction, when Samuel Jackson and John Travolta kept opening it up to see what was inside.
In the episode titled "Tire, Ticks, and Tips; the Northford Ice Pavilion is an actual ice center located in Northford, CT.
The Tidy Bree segment in the episode titled "If Cars Could Talk" is a play on Marie Knodo, the Japanese Consultant, who aids her clients in cleaning their houses through finding only those objects that bring happiness through them and having them remove everything else.