The director of this episode, Todd Strauss-Schulson, worked intensely with the cameramen and a techno-crane to get this dynamic opening shot.
Mitch's makeup is an homage to the wrestler Goldust. It's been altered slightly for legal purposes.
The wig (and personality) of Buddy Blaze was inspired by infamous cinema stoner Jeff Spicoli.
(In response to the calendar setting at 1913)...William R. Hewlett, Co-Founder of HP, was born in 1913.
The framed photo that you can just make out behind Murch is a real photo of Ed Begley Jr. with Bill Clinton.