The plot of the sketch that the writers describe to Mel, about an ambitious go-getter who gets an entry-level job in a big corporation and rises quickly to the top, is the same plot from the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which was a big hit on Broadway at the time this episode originally aired.
Rob says his favorite dinner consists of franks & beans, and sauerkraut. In a previous episode, he said his favorite dinner is spaghetti.
The title is from a series of Fifties monster movies entitled "I Was A Teenaged...."