The monitors showing eyeballs are based on similar decorations found in the elevators in the St Martin's Lane hotel, where the Simpsons' staff hosted a Simpsons festival.
Based on comedian Dana Gould's father who started his own club, the "Nipmuck Bar & Gun Club" so he and his friends could get around Massachusetts Blue Laws.
Blackboard: "A burp in a jar is not a science project".
This was the first episode Dana Gould wrote for The Simpsons.
Swigmore University, which Moe attends in the episode, is a parody of Skidmore College.