Boston Legal

When Paul says that Bev could become Denny's "Nancy Reagan", he is referring to the wife of the 40th U.S. President, Ronald Reagan. President Reagan suffered from alzheimer's, and in the 1980's when he was still president was believed by many to already be affected. Nancy Reagan was believed to have a tremendous influence on the president's policy decisions during the later years of his term.

Denny: It's not on the one. It's not the mambo. It's a feeling, a heartbeat. Ka-chang, ka-chang, ka-chang! Denny copies this scene from the movie Dirty Dancing, (1987 with Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey) where Johnny tries to teach Baby to dance, but she steps on the one forcing them to start over and over.

During Shirley's time on the witness stand, Alan mentions she's "a bit of a low talker." This is an exact reference to the Season 5 episode of Seinfeld "The Puffy Shirt."

(while dancing a mambo with Denny in the lead) Denny: Hey, you're a natural! Alan: Anything Denny Crane can do I can do backwards and wearing high heels... A reference to an observation many years ago by Gene Siskel about Ginger Rogers (who used to partner with Fred Astaire) being better than Astaire in that "She did everything Fred Astaire did and she did it backwards while wearing high heels". There is some truth to this observation, clearly, but it does ignore the vast array of Astaire solo numbers where he did steps she could not begin to duplicate.

It is suggested that Jerry has Asperger's Syndrome, which is a pervasive developmental disorder, distinguished by a pattern of symptoms rather than a single symptom. It is an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), all of which demonstrate significant difficulties in social interaction and restricted, stereotyped patterns of behavior, activities and interests. However, Asperger's differs from other ASDs in its relative preservation of linguistic and cognitive development. Intense preoccupation with a narrow subject, one-sided verbosity, restricted prosody (rhythm, stress, and intonation of speech), and physical clumsiness are typical of the condition, but are not required for diagnosis.