The director of this episode is Rebecca Asher whose mother is Elizabeth Montgomery from the tv show, Bewitched. During the scene when the nosy neighbor comes to the door (Rita Moreno), Frankie asks if she is "Gladys Kravitz" who was the nosy neighbor in Bewitched.
When Robert (Martin Sheen) is lying in his hospitalbed, in the background you hear the tv which airs "The Final Countdown".
A 1980 movie which stars..... Martin Sheen
Rita Moreno played Violet Newstead in the tv version of "9 to 5". Lily Tomlin, of course, played the character in the movie.
The title refers to one of Sol and Robert's wedding presents - a blender that Grace later takes for herself.
Seven years later, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda and episode co-star Rita Moreno would reteam for the film 80 for Brady (2023), alongside Sally Field.