The part of this episode about Leslie Uggams and her singing "June is Bustin' Out All Over" from the musical "Carousel" comes from the time she was doing a Fourth of July special live on PBS from Washington, D.C. on the Capitol lawn. The person holding her cue cards slipped and fell on the wet grass, but she kept on singing, ad-libbing some of the lyrics to the song.
Bart Simpson's writing on the chalkboard and Stewie's voice changing to that of Mickey Mouse's references the acquisition of 21st Century-Fox's entertainment assets by Disney in 2019.
Peter Macon, who voices Preston Lloyd, appears as Lt. Cmdr. Bortus in Seth MacFarlane's series The Orville.
Reference to Shawshank Redemption.