Dr. Craig tells Ehrlich, "This is not 1968. It's time you graduate into adulthood...Don't drive over troubled waters with some plastic bimbette." William Daniels (Dr. Craig) played Mr. Braddock in The Graduate (1967).
Ellen Craig rejects her estranged husband Mark's gift of a mink coat as she does not want to look like Mamie Eisenhower. Bonnie Bartlett (Ellen) previously played Mamie Eisenhower.