To appeal to the youth, Haney puts a blonde "Beatle wig" on Oliver. Fred says he looks like Patsy Kelly, whose acting career spanned five decades, beginning in the 1930s.
In the opening scene the green and white cans on the lower shelf behind Sam are all stacked right side up. In last week's show half of them were stacked upside down.
Sam Drucker's been the mayor of Hooterville for 37 years.
"Mayor Approves Budget Increase" reads the Hooterville World Guardian headline in the lower right-hand side of page, this despite the fact that Sam Drucker said that the town never had a budget in the 37 years he was mayor. The newspaper also states that Mrs. Douglas is to speak at women's club luncheon.
Haney and Fred try to shorten Oliver's speeches because people fall asleep after he yammers on for ten minutes. If the speeches are less than five minutes, the audience only starts to yawn.