ALF

When ALF announces scenes from the next episode, black and white old videos appear with cars crashing. ALF says it was a reel from MacGyver by mistake. MacGyver was an 80's series about a secret agent who solved most of his problems with random gadgets out of everyday appliances and his pocketknife.

When someone's at the door yet again, ALF says they might as well consider him Pavlov's alien because he's already going to the kitchen. Ivan Pavlov studied the conditioning of behavior, by utilizing certain stimuli to obtain established responses. In this case, like Pavlov's dog reacted to the bell that announced a meal and salivated.

To settle an argument between Trevor and Mrs. Byrd, ALF tells Willie to act like Captain Kirk. James T. Kirk was the captain of the Starship Enterprise on the original Star Trek.