In this episode, Alison Brie only appears for about thirty seconds and she doesn't have any lines. This is due to her having directed this episode, which accounts for her being absent on-screen for almost all of it.
In the scene where Sam and Justine visit the Tri-Star studio lot, there are two guys in US Naval Aviator uniforms walking by in the background. This is a nod to Top Gun, which was filmed during 1986.
Rhonda tells Bash's mum that she's is from Bromley, suburbs of London. In the next scene, David Bowie is referenced. David Bowie was raised and went to school in Bromley.
Elizabeth Perkins acts in this episode and, like Geena Davis, was an ingenue during the show's era, the 1980's.