Sam's dream about a monster eating her soup was an actual recurring dream one of the writers had. It was written into the episode because Dan Schneider found it so humorous.
Spencer's "Sham-POW!" towel is a parody of the Sham-Wow towels. The writers in the writing room would play with the sham-wows for hours on end, and it was incorporated into the episode. Spencer spends most of the episode playing with the towel.
Alternate Titles: "iMeet Connor" and "iGet Caught".
The running time is 60 minutes versus the usual 30 minutes.
This is the second time The Brady Bunch is referenced in iCarly. The first time was iHeart Art (2008).