MeTV horror host Svengoolie (Rich Koz) makes a quick cameo to comment on the sock puppet craziness going on with his network brethren. Svengoolie (1995) is one of the flagship programs on MeTV's otherwise-fluid slate of vintage television shows for the nostalgically inclined, and as one of the few shows on the "classic TV" network to produce new content, it had featured cross-promotional segments with Bill and Toony in the weeks leading up to the premiere of "Toon In with Me".
At the time of this episode's broadcast, Hobo Bobo (1947) had not yet been released on DVD or Blu-ray, and its presentation on this show marked the public debut of a new restored print of the cartoon.
Each of the three humans in the cast introduces a new hand puppet character (before learning that it violates the show's MeTV contract). Bill introduces a green Frankenstein's monster-inspired sock puppet named Stockingstein. Goldie's tube sock puppet is Sockeye Sam, a salmon. Mr. Quizzer's new character is a mustached brown paper bag puppet - and Mr. Quizzer's own disapproving father - Pop Quizzer.