- The title is a parody of the book The Kid Stays in the Picture.
- The scene at the end of episode where Roger dances around Joel Larson while taking out his kidney parodies a scene from the film American Psycho.[1]
- When Klaus becomes Roger's secretary, he changes his appearance to that of Joan Holloway of AMC's Mad Men.
- Buffalo Crazy Wings is a parody of the restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings.
- Between gulps of her kidney-killing shots, Hayley shouts "Pistore!", which is the Nepalese word Karen Allen shouts during the drinking game in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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| #03 | A Ward Show | #09 | Stanny Tendergrass | #15 | Less Money, Mo' Problems | ||||||
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| #05 | Virtual In-Stanity | #11 | Old Stan in the Mountain | #17 | Ricky Spanish | ||||||
| #06 | The Scarlett Getter | #12 | The Wrestler | #18 | Toy Whorey | ||||||