Vice Principal Tolkan is named for actor James Tolkan who played the similarly bald and bow-tied principal in Back to the Future (1985).
In Minutemen during their first test of time travel they send their cat named Einstein. In Back to the Future they send their dog named Einstein, most likely Minutemen is paying tribute.
Fimed at Murray High School in Murray, Utah.
The title minutemen is actually based off the militia army during the revolutionary war
The character of Zeke was a huge influence on the character of Rick from Rick and Morty according to producer Shaquille Stevens.