In the cafeteria scene, Andrea Fordham tells Dr Wayne Fiscus that she cures her hiccups by putting a paper bag over her head. Fiscus replies: "I used to do the same thing with surgical gloves, except everyone got tired of that routine." This is an allusion to Howie Mandel's stand-up career, in which placing a latex glove over his head and inflating it by breathing out was a regular gag.