Rockford used the alias "Henley" when he was undercover as a reporter at "The National Investigator". This was James Garner's character name in The Great Escape, where he played the scrounger for the POW camp.
The office for the newspaper in this episode is the same building used as the studio for QSKY radio in the movie FM (1978). The advertisement to the left of the building has the sign "QSKY FM 71.1".
Although the character of Angel Martin does not appear in the episode, Rockford is shown reading a newspaper article that refers to him by name.
Scott Brady's newspaper editor character has framed front pages of old newspapers hanging in his office. One of the banner headlines reads- "Lance White Guilty" Lance White was the detective played by Tom Selleck in a couple of other episodes of The Rockford Files.
One of 3 episodes featuring (the in-person appearance of) Rockford's disbarred attorney friend, John "Coop" Cooper. In the 5th season, Coop took on representing Rockford, after Gretchen Corbett, who played the character of Beth Davenport, left the series.