Slater and Zack mention the deaths of Len Bias and John Belushi. Bias died of cocaine-related cardiac arrhythmia on June 19, 1986, two days after being drafted by the Boston Celtics. Belushi died March 5, 1982, after taking cocaine and heroin.
The season 3 and 4 DVD boxed set released by Lion's Gate in 2005 includes a still photograph from this episode, with the gang alongside NBC chief Brandon Tartikoff. Dennis Haskins's head is superimposed over Tartikoff's.