The host segment in which Crow keeps asking if it's 11:30 yet is an inside joke, aimed at Frank Conniff. He often skipped breakfast, so he would frequently interrupt writing sessions by asking if it was time to break for lunch.
This episode is on the Volume 18 DVD Box Set of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
The comic book Crow is reading is Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld #3.
Proposition: Deep 13 is a reference to Proposition 13, an amendment of the Constitution of California enacted during 1978, which limited the tax rate for real estate. It has been described as California's most famous and influential ballot measure and received enormous publicity throughout the United States.