As Zack and Slater try to give Screech's shoes a good spit shine, they insist that he disguise his name because "Samuel" (Screech's real name) doesn't sound appealing, as well as "Sammy" and "Sam" which Zack and Slater also tested out before branding Screech as "Brad." This episode premiered just four months after the series finale of fellow NBC sitcom Cheers (1982) which starred Ted Danson as Sam Malone, the epitome of "cool."