The pawn shop where Cindy (Mila Kunis) sells the stolen guitar was the same store used for the infamous pawn shop scenes in Pulp Fiction (1994).
After Office Space (1999), Mike Judge wanted to make a follow-up companion piece to the movie. It would be about his experiences owning a small independent company and would be sympathetic to the boss.
Joe Adler (Gene Simmons) is a nod to attorney Jim Adler and his "Have you been injured?!" local television commercials.
Joe Adler (Gene Simmons) is also referred to on Beavis and Butt-Head (1993), also created by Mike Judge.
When Nathan (David Koechner) comes round to ask for money for the tickets, he says, "Mmmyeah, I'm going to need you to go ahead and write a check for those tickets. That'd be grrreattt." This is a reference to the character of Bill Lumbergh (Gary Cole) in Office Space (1999), who frequently spoke like this.
Gary Cole: In the first bar scene, he, who played Bill Lumbergh in Mike Judge's Office Space (1999), can be seen in the background behind Joel (Jason Bateman) and Dean (Ben Affleck).