This episode was dedicated to Lloyd Bridges who played the character Izzy Mandelbaum in the episodes The English Patient (1997) and The Blood (1997). He died 9 days before this episode premiered.
George (Jason Alexander) asks Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) if his girlfriend holds a pen for no good reason, referring to former Senator Bob Dole who held a pen in his right hand to deter people from shaking it. Dole's arm was paralyzed from injuries he sustained in WWII.
This episode shares the name of a famous, controversial, 1980's, "Video Nasty" horror film The Burning (1981), in which Jason Alexander starred.
The preacher's voice on the second preset radio station Elaine listens to in Pudy's car belongs to John O'Hurley, who also plays J. Peterman in the show.
The song Elaine is listening to on the radio in the episode's beginning was featured on Seinfeld's official soundtrack, which was released in 2021, 23 years after the episode first aired.