The episode title parodies the line "Ginger Rogers did everything he did, ...backwards and in high heels" from the 1982 Frank and Ernest cartoon by Bob Thaves.
The two Tango dancers featured in the opening and closing scenes of this episode are married in real life. Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd met while working on Broadway in 2009. It wasn't until their paths crossed again in 2012, on Dancing with the Stars (2005), that they began dating. The couple wed in 2017.