A movie character says, "I'm landing..." and Crow responds, "...and I can't get up!" This refers to a commercial for LifeCall medical alarm, in which an elderly woman says, "I've fallen, and I can't get up!"
Joel recites a 1970s commercial for the board game Pop-o-matic's Trouble. "Pop a matic, pop the dice, pop a six and you move twice, race your men around the track and try to send the others back, that's Pop-o-matic Trouble. "
Crow say, "The planet of Johnson-Smith", which refers to The Johnson Smith mail-order novelty and gag gift company which sold items like joy buzzers, x-ray goggles, fake vomit, and whoopee cushions.
This episode is on The 20th Anniversary Edition DVD Box Set of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Joel refers to, "The Ha! Channel"; one of the first American all-comedy channels available to basic cable subscribers.