The aerobics book by Jane Fondue Daffy peruses is a send up of the popular fitness book by actress Jane Fonda.
There are several nods to the popular films "Ghostbusters" and "The Exorcist" in this short.
When psychoanalyzing Melissa, Daffy does an impression of Sigmund Freud, the founder of the practice.
Daffy's van has two figures on its roof, a nod to a famous pest control company, Western Exterminator, founded over a century ago in 1921. Their trucks feature a hammer holding gentleman and a rodent.