The Blended Fish is a direct homage to Saturday Night Live's "Bass-O-Matic".
Marjorie introduces 3 of her cats collectively as the Tower of Power horn section. In the now 50 year history of the group, the horn section has always had 5 members: 2 trumpets, 2 tenor saxophones, and a baritone saxophone.
Matt Roth plays marjorie's son Jerry in this episode. For the remainder of the series, jerry is played by Wallace Langham