Various references to The Andy Griffith Show (1960) were included. -When Les Calhoun tells Andy he's getting married, Ben suggests they do a duet. Ben says he bets it'll make her cry. That's a nod to Charlene Darling's repeated line "That one makes me cry!" -Ben and Les exchange fist hits to the shoulder like in the opening to Citizen's Arrest (1963). -Les has some "big news. Big news. You'll never guess what it is." This references The Manhunt (1960).
Actor Reiner Schöne, who plays photographer Jack Huntington, also plays a photographer in The Phantom Killer (1993).