When Lois is back to work at The Planet, there is a shot of the news ticker above her head. One of the stocks listed is FOLC + 3 7/8. FoLC is the abbreviation for Fans of Lois and Clark.
The scene in the street of Roweena Jonson's house was filmed in the "Wisteria lane" lot in Universal Studios Hollywood where Teri Hatcher's character, Susan, will live in the show Desperate Housewives
The title is a parody of "Oedipus rex", an "Opera-oratorio after Sophocles" by Igor Stravinsky based on Sophocles's tragedy, was written by Jean Cocteau in French and first performed in the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt in Paris on May 30, 1927.