While joking with the Warden about an imaginary prison riot, Lyle (Don Rickles) makes cross references to characters from two films with prison themes: Brute Force (1947) with Burt Lancaster and Hume Cronyn, and Castle on the Hudson (1940) with Pat O'Brien.
This installment reunites Morey Amsterdam and Don Rickles, who appeared together in 1963's Beach Party and 1964's Muscle Beach Party.
Lyle Delp is incarcerated at fictional Granville State Prison. The real Great Meadow State Prison In Upstate New York is located near Granville, New York.
The title mentions the fictitious television show that Rob Petrie and his staff write for.