Larry does his impression of Cary Grant when he says the doll's name "Judy, Judy, Judy!". While Grant never actually says that in a movie, Stanley Donen, who directed him in Charade (1963), has stated that for the fun of it, he had Grant filmed saying it. Donen admitted that since then he had lost that footage.
This episode shares a title with another Larry David series, episode 7.16 The Doll (1996) of Seinfeld (1989).
This episode refers many times to "being a part of the ABC (television) family". Actress Merrin Dungey who is in this episode is sister to Channing Dungey who was President of the ABC Entertainment Group for many years.