Jack's scathing analysis of Kenneth alludes to the thriller The Silence of the Lambs (1991) in which Hannibal Lecter does the same to Clarice Starling. Jack even assumes the menacing voice of Lecter.
Kenneth is revealed to be a native of Stone Mountain, Georgia, the hometown of Donald Glover, who was a writer for the show.
In her 2011 autobiography "Bossypants", Tina Fey names this her favorite script written by John Riggi.
Liz makes reference to the "grape lady falls" video when she falls in her apartment and makes similar sounds of pain on the ground off-camera.
This episode begins the trend of mentioning bears, which happens as the episode opens and Liz and Frank discuss the bear vs robot sketch.