Lois Marcum, who can't tell the difference between soap operas and real life, asked Barney Miller why he looks familiar. In 1969, Hal Linden appeared as Larry Carter on Search for Tomorrow (1951).
Wojo's full name is revealed to be 'Stanley Tadeuce Wojciehowicz,' while his badge number is 549321.
Actress Peggy Pope appeared 6 times over the course of the series as Lonna Lane, Doris Carlisle, Frances Newbound, Lois Marcum, and Ruth Bergendahl.
A similar plot appears in the Night Court episode The Trouble Is Not in Your Set (1989), with Marion Ross in the Lois Marcum role, only taking her fantasies a step further with a grenade.