Host Art Linkletter, is renamed Art Lamplighter in this short. The humorous show, "People Are Phoney", is a spoof of People Are Funny, a series that he hosted from 1954 to 1961.
The multiplication that Bugs performs in the phone booth is 1,297 x 142 = 184,174.
The television station's name is QTTV, just like in Wideo Wabbit.