* The wraparounds of Peter hosting are similar to such anthology story shows as Masterpiece Theater.
Stand By Me
* Roy Scheider suggests a catch-up with Richard Dreyfuss but is offended when Richard Dreyfuss gives him a phone number with the prefix 555, which is widely used as a fictitious number in TV shows, films and other media.
Misery
* The scene of Stephen King getting run over at the start of "Misery" emulates his habit of inserting himself into all of his movies since Maximum Overdrive.http://www.squidoo.com/stephenkingcameo It is also a reference to the real life incident in 1999 in which King was struck by a minivan while walking down the shoulder of a road in Lovell, Maine.http://articles.cnn.com/1999-06-20/entertainment/9906_20_stephen.king.accident.02_1_horror-master-stephen-king-novels-pet-semetary?_s=PM:books
Shawshank Redemption
* The scene in the Warden's office when the lamp is knocked off the desk is taken from Caddyshack.