The Emmy award that Murphy takes out of the box at the end of the episode is the Emmy that Candice Bergen won for her performance in the first season of Murphy Brown.
The title is based on the phrase said by the presenter at the annual Oscars (R) put on by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the best movies, actors and supporting crew of the past year. The term became so cliché that it was changed to "The Oscar goes to..." however in 2010 the original term has returned.