Cody tells Dana that he watched Knots Landing (1979) with his turkey Elmer the previous night. Patrick Duffy (Frank) and Sasha Mitchell (Cody) played Bobby Ewing and his nephew James Beaumont respectively in Dallas (1978), of which Knots Landing (1979) is a spin-off. Duffy also played Bobby in Pilot (1979), The Loudest Word (1981) and New Beginnings (1982).