Fran confuses 'Cher' (Heidi Thompson), an EGO winner (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar Awards), with Rita Moreno, an EGOT winner (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards). Moreno had previously appeared as 'Mrs. Wickervich Stone' in 'The Gym Teacher (1994)' and would later play Fran Drescher's character's mother in 'Happily Divorced (2011)'.
Heidi Thompson (The mysterious person in bandages) was the only "Cher" to star in the top impersonator show, "Legends in Concert" founded in 1983 at the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and was a mainstay act in that show for over a decade. Thompson is the singer in "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)", dubbed by 'Cousin Ira' (Marvin Nathan).