The torch song that Karen (Megan Mullally) sings, "The Man That Got Away," was written by Ira Gershwin and Harold Arlen to be sung by Judy Garland in her 1954 film A Star is Born. In this episode, Karen repeatedly refers to herself as "Mrs. Stanley Walker" as she comes to the realization that her marriage is over; in the famous final scene in A Star is Born, Garland's character comes out onstage at an Academy Awards ceremony and poignantly introduces herself to the audience by her now-deceased husband's name: "Hello, everybody. This is Mrs. Norman Maine."