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| - A reference to the 1970s children's TV show H.R. Pufnstuf.
* "Joan Blondell!" Joan Blondell was a popular actress during the 1930s.
* "Robert Bork takes a constitutional!" Robert Bork was a controversial conservative judge who was nominated for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1987, but voted down in Congress.
* "Now I'm going to attach Rosey Grier's head to your shoulder." A reference to the 1972 movie The Thing with Two Heads in which the head of an older Caucasian man (played by Ray Milland) was grafted onto the shoulder of an athletic African-American (played by former professional football player Rosey Grier).
* "Hey, a wheat penny!" Among coin collectors, the term "wheat penny" refers to pennies minted between 1909 and 1958.
* "Never ask Bootsy Collins if you can borrow a coat." Bootsy Collins is a funk musician known for his flamboyant style of dress.
* "He came *this* close to being Leonardo da Gary, Indiana." Gary is a city in northwestern Indiana, known for its high crime rates and for being Michael Jackson's hometown, as well as the subject of the eponymous song in the musical "The Music Man".
* [ "It's a map of England!" ] "...Dan and John Ford Coley!" England Dan and John Ford Coley were a soft rock duo best known for their 1976 hit "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight".
* [ "How is it coming, O Great One?" ] "Do you ever get back to Edmonton?" Wayne Gretzky, whose nickname was "The Great One", played for the Edmonton Oilers
* "Jimmy Carter was in office." Jimmy Carter (1924- ; full name James Earl Carter, Jr.) was the 39th President of the United States (from 1977-81).
* "Touched down in the land of the Delta Knights!" The original lyric, "Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues," comes from Marc Cohn's 1990 gospel-like hit "Walking in Memphis." The song was covered in 1996 by Cher.
* "Packers!" Refers to the NFL team, the Green Bay Packers. Also a call back to a running joke in The Giant Spider Invasion.
* "Well, better than Quest of the Delta Burkes, I suppose." A former Miss Florida, actress Delta Burke (1965- ) is best known for her role as Suzanne Sugerbaker on the sit-com Designing Women (1986-93).
* "Gregg Allman for sale, here!" Singer/songwriter (1947- ). While Allman has had some success as a solo act (with 1977's Playin' Up a Storm being his most successful album), he is better known as the lead singer/organist/songwriter for the Allman Brothers Band, which was founded by his brother Duane. Their biggest hit was 1973's Rambling Man.
* "Dagnabbit, Lukie!" The village has a Ozarks/hillbilly feel to it and the sit-com The Real McCoys (1957-63), from which this line comes, featured the original "hillbillies move out west" plot, years before The Beverly Hillbillies (1962-71).
* "This just sounds like a movie that should have Matthew Broderick in it." Actor Matthew Broderick (1962- ) made his feature film debut in 1983's WarGames. He has since appears in dozens of films, quite often (but not always) in light, whimsical roles (inspiring Crow's comment). Notable films include Ladyhawke (1985) and Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
* "Oh, the lead singer for Canned Heat." The Los Angeles blues-rock group Canned Heat was formed in 1966 by blues historians and record collectors Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson and Bob "The Bear" Hite, with the large Hite as lead singer. Their hits included "On the Road Again" (1968), "Goin' Up the Country" (1968) and "Let's Work Together" (1970).
* "Ashley Wilkes is comin' a-callin'." The character of Ashley Wilkes (played by Leslie Howard) appears in the 1939 classic film Gone With the Wind (based on Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel).
* "Next up, Pippi Longstocking." The character of Pippi Longstocking first appeared in the Swedish 1945 children's book Pippi Longstocking, written by Astrid Lindgren. Pippi was a gawky, red-headed and extremely athletic (strong enough to lift horses above her head) young girl.
* "Yeah, yo quiero Taco Bell..." In 1998, fast-food chain Taco Bell introduced Dinky the Chihuahua to its ads. The little dog would show up wherever a Taco Bell foodstuff was being consumed and utter "Yo quiero Taco Bell" (which translates to "I want Taco Bell") with a computer generated mouth and a voice provided by actor Carlos Alazraqui.
* "He's the lost member of ZZ Top." The Southern blues-rock band ZZ Top was formed in 1970 in Houston, Texas. They are known for their long beards and omnipresent sunglasses and hats.
* "And during the day, I'm a Stevie Nicks impersonator." Stevie Nicks (1948- ) was a key member of the rock group Fleetwood Mac. The singer/songwriter recorded her first album, Buckingham-Nicks in 1973 with her friend and sometimes lover Lindsey Buckingham.
* "Halt, Sir Dan of Blocker!" Actor Dan Blocker (1928-72) is known for his role as "Hoss" Cartwright, one of the sons on the long-running Western TV series "Bonanza" (1959-73).
* "Master Bojangles!" Refers to the song "Mister Bojangles," about a man who just dance and dance no matter how bad things get. Written and originally recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker in 1968, he was inspired when he met a street singer named Bojangles in a New Orleans drunk tank.
* "Bring in 'da noise, bring in 'da funk." Conceived and directed by George C. Wolfe, the musical Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk opened off-Broadway in 1995 to rave reviews.
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