Rick Cowling, who portrays pharmacist Harold Grossman and sang "I Want To Know What Love Is" with the Dad Beats, is a professional singer, musician and songwriter who was recently a member of the 70s rock band Ambrosia for several years.
Guest star Jordan Peele calls one of the perps he's meant to arrest as 'Jean Jacket.' He also directed the movie Nope where the creature in that film is referred to as 'Jean Jacket.'
The episode is titled after the film "An Affair to Remember".
The Derrick and Jay cop story-line is a reference to cop movies, especially Lethal Weapon 1)Partners of different races. 2) When Jay consoles Derrick after the snowcone was thrown on his shirt/blouse, a "Dad-beat" begins playing a saxophone. In the Lethal Weapon movies, a saxophone constantly plays in the background.