Dottie's daughter, Opal, has a poster on her bedroom door featuring Bart Simpson. Julie Kavner, who plays Dottie, has voiced Marge Simpson, Bart's mother, on The Simpsons (1989) since 1989.
Dottie reveals on a talk show that she hails from Ozone Park, Queens, a town famed for its connection to John Gotti and the Gambino crime family, and that she worked at the cosmetics counter at the Macy's located on Queens Blvd in Rego Park, Queens.
The cosmetics counter sequence featuring among others Julie Kavner was filmed at Simpsons Department Store in Toronto. Kavner stars on The Simpsons (1989).