Various references to The Andy Griffith Show (1960) were included. -When Les Calhoun tells Andy he's getting married, Ben suggests they do a duet. Ben says he bets it'll make her cry. That's a nod to Charlene Darling's repeated line "That one makes me cry!" -Ben and Les exchange fist hits to the shoulder like in the opening to Citizen's Arrest (1963). -Les has some "big news. Big news. You'll never guess what it is." This references The Manhunt (1960).
Actor Reiner Schöne, who plays photographer Jack Huntington, also plays a photographer in The Phantom Killer (1993).
In another reference to the Andy Griffith Show, Dick Lerner. (John Harkins), claims he had his car towed to Wallys Garage. Wallys Garage is where Gomer and Goober worked.