In this western-themed episode, Superintendent Clanton shares his name with the Clanton gang, the outlaws at the O.K. Corral.
The spell "Bad Bad Leroy Brown, run Laritate out of town" is a reference to the Jim Croce song "Bad Bad Leroy Brown".
Superintendent Clanton says he knows pranks because he used to be a gym teacher. Ted McGinley, the actor, played Roger Phillips on Happy Days, who was the basketball coach and taught gym at Jefferson High.