Richard is mugged and robbed of his wallet and portfolio - containing Caroline' s drawings. But the worst humiliation for him comes when he has to tell Caroline about what happened.
Richard tells the story of his jacket being stolen while his sister watched. The sister is not given a name and is never mentioned again, not even in any of the episodes where Richard's parents appear.
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When Annie asks about Richard's mugger he exclaims that he was mugged by a member of the Lollipop Guild.
The Lollipop Guild was one of the groups of little people met by Dorothy when she arrives in Oz in the movie The Wizard of Oz (1939).
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When Del hands Caroline his Blockbuster card Caroline asks if he thinks he's going to go nuts and rent "Howard the Duck", to which Del replies that the movie was underrated.
Howard the Duck is a movie made in 1986 starring Lea Thompson, who plays Caroline, and Tim Robbins. It's about another planet where ducks rules the world rather than humans and Howard is transported to Earth. It was made by George Lucas who was already in debt and replying on a hit to stay in the black. The movie bombed leading Lucas to sell of many assets and is generally thought of as one of the worst movies ever made.
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