When Sally feels the town of Rutherford no longer considers her famous, there is an extended parody in which she enters the kitchen dressed as Norma Desmond, complete with dark glasses and foot-long cigarette holder. She asks Harry if the daily flowers had arrived yet, and Harry lies to maintain her delusion. After she leaves, Dick comments, "It's so sad. She was so big.": Harry, channeling Erich von Stroheim as Max von Mayerling, continues to defend Sally: "She still is big, it's the planet that got small."