After Doug accidentally injures an unseen spectator with one of the shuffleboard discs, a very subtle bit of political humor is worked into the plot. During the musical montage set to the Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop" a series of front pages from the Senior Association of Queens newsletter pop up. In the bottom right quadrant is a running series detailing the investigation into this of one Joe Murphy. The very first occurrence states at the assailant is still at large and shows a drawing of Doug. The next issue, however, carried the headline that a man has been arrested along with a photo of a young black man who is quite clearly not the large white Doug Heffernan.