The character Marianne Marie Beetle, played by actress Beth Grant, appears in both Comfort Food (2008) and the Muffin Buffalo (2004).
The colonel is 'undeaded' by Ned for 1 minute 23 seconds - 23 seconds over the limit before some one else has to die.
In this episode, Olive mentions that her and Ned are like Hobbits. Lee Pace (the actor who plays Ned) will go on to star in The Hobbit movies.