Three of Suzanne Somers other projects are referenced as part of inside jokes. Frank makes a joke about three being a crowd which she corrects as being a company. In her confession, she states that if shes forced out if the music industry she would have to turn to making her own talk and to selling exercise equipment (her work as the Thighmaster spokes model).
The singing trio Kitty Meow is in is named for the Andrews Sisters. Their swing music was very popular in the 1940s.
When Carol says to Frank, all you have to do is whistle, this line is referencing the famous line from the movie To Have and Have Not staring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.