As they walk off camera Kenneth tells Kaylie "When I started here, 8-year-old Shirley Temple taught me how to roll a cigarette", once again referencing that he is old/immortal.
The Abby Flynn character, disregarding the hyper-sexuality, is a reference to the character of Abby Cadabby, introduced to Sesame Street in 2006. Controversial for reinforcing the worst stereotypes of what little girls like, she is a pink, sparkly, pig-tailed, baby-doll voiced fairy. With sugary baby speech patterns to match.
Jane Krakowski (Jenna Maroney) states at the start of the show, "Take that Courtney Thorne-Smith." Both women starred together in Ally McBeal (1997).
The tag with Bob Ballard jokingly "clarifying" some of the science mentioned in the episode is a reference to the Bob Ballard genuinely doing the same for episodes of SeaQuest 2032 (1993).
Is based on Irin Carmon's condemnation of The Daily Show (1996) hiring Olivia Munn as a correspondent on Jezebel.com.