Dan For Mayor

Claire: I stood up to my parents, first time ever! Well, there was an argument about Polly Pocket when I was 12, but... well, not an argument, more of a discussion... Polly Pocket is a miniature doll, originally sold in the the U.K. in the late 1980s by Bluebird Toys. The dolls were less than an inch high. In the U.S., the dolls were distributed by Mattel, and were larger, from two to three inches high; they sold in the U.S. throughout the 1990s.

When Dan comes home and Mike is there eating cereal, the bowl has three round balls of cereal in it. Mike eats some, leaving only one ball of cereal in the bowl. The camera switches to Dan, then back to Mike and there are at least four balls of cereal in the bowl. After only one spoon, and one camera change, there is only one ball left in the bowl. Mike stands up, and there are more balls in the bowl.

(as the pan-flute guy starts playing) Jeff: Hey, Zamfir, lay off the pipes! We had a deal! Zamfir is Gheorghe Zamfir (April 6, 1941 - ), a popular and award-wining pan flute musician.

The movie that Dan and Brianna go to see is The Delicate Art of Parking (2003); it stars Fred Ewanuick and his Corner Gas co-star, Nancy Robertson.

Dan: You know what you should do; you should go over there and talk to them. Steve: Ah, it's probably too soon; I just got out of a divorce. Dan: So you were married? Steve: Yeah. Dan: I mean, like, regular married. Steve: What do you mean by that? Dan: I mean, legally. Steve: Yeah, legally. We had to do it in Vermont. Dan: Ah, yeah... Steve: Yeah, Jesse's family's from there. Same-sex marriage was legalized Canada-wide on July 20, 2005; in Ontario (where the fictional town of Wessex is) on June 10, 2003; and in Quebec (where Steve is from) on March 19, 2004. Same-sex marriages were legalized in Vermont on Sept. 1, 2009; there would be no need for any Canadian to travel to Vermont for the sole reason of a same-sex marriage.

Brenda Halloran, who played the TV Reporter, is the Mayor of the City of Waterloo.

Anita: [Dan] did save the rake factory. And this new slogan... Alan: I'm getting my own slogan too... "Change you can believe in!" Anita: But you're the status quo. Alan: Status quo you can believe in! "Change You Can Believe In" was the campaign slogan of Barack Obama and the Democratic Party in the 2008 US Presidential elections.

(discussing whether his moustache makes him look gay) Mike: I thought it was more of a cop moustache? Claire: Cowboy, cop... they're all part of The Village People. The Village People were a musical group in the late '70s and early '80s, consisting of five members who dressed as a motorcycle cop, a cowboy, an Indian chief, a construction worker, a military man, and a leather-clad biker. They were icons in gay culture in the early '80s, and had many disco hits.

The outside shots of Fern's Bar are actually the Huether Hotel, at the corner of Princess Street and King Street in Waterloo, Ontario. Wessex City Hall is actually Kitchener City Hall at King and Young Streets in Kitchener, Ontario.

(watching the tv weather report) Dan: What do you suppose that guy makes? The weatherman that Dan is referring to is Canada AM's Jeff Hutchenson.