The Ernest Borgnine reference regarding bad language on TV is a reference to Borgnine's appearance on Fox and Friends (1998) in which he gave an off-color response when asked what his secret was to long life.
We learn Sue's last name is Larouche-Vanderhoot. She is part French and part Dutch.
A brief clip from this episode is included in Star Wars Spoofs (2011), a compilation special feature on Bonus Disc 3 of the Star Wars The Complete Saga bluray release.
In Douglas Adams' radio show "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy", Arthur Dent pulls Scrabble tiles out of a bag to come up with the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything, much as Jack pulls Scrabble tiles out of a bag to name his mini microwave. The scene also features in Episode #1.6 (1981).
Frank's trucker hat says "Reverse Pendulum".