Carla calls Rebecca "Rebecca of Hornybrook Farm," referencing the 1903 children's book by Kate Douglas Wiggin, "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." In the Season 4 finale, Strange Bedfellows: Part 3 (1986), Carla called Diane "Rebecca of Skinnybrook Farm."
Norm mentions the movie Thelma & Louise. Chris MacDonald, who costarred in Thelma & Louise, played Red Sox pitcher Rick Walker in a first season episode.
Cliff's car is a 1965 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu 4 door station wagon. The emblem on the front fender indicates that it has a 283 c.i. V8 engine. The car is missing its windshield wipers and the inside rear view mirror.
Cliff make a reference to Charles Kuralt, whose short-subject "On the Road" features would appear in the late 1960s through 1970s as part of CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (1962). In each segment Kuralt would visit an interesting backroads location in the US, compiling the content as he would travel around the country with a small camera crew in a motor home.
In one scene, Frasier receives a call on his cell phone soliciting donations for the Democratic Party. In real life Kelsey Grammer is a Republican.