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* ''"Sorry about all the smoke. Michael Phelps is 'training'."''
 
* ''"Sorry about all the smoke. Michael Phelps is 'training'."''
 
Swimmer Michael Phelps was photographed using a bong to smoke marijuana at a party some time after he won 8 gold medals at the 2008 Olympic games. The picture caused a scandal and Phelps lost some valuable endorsement deals.
 
Swimmer Michael Phelps was photographed using a bong to smoke marijuana at a party some time after he won 8 gold medals at the 2008 Olympic games. The picture caused a scandal and Phelps lost some valuable endorsement deals.
* ''"Sing us a song, I'm Piano Man... Sing a song tonight..."''
 
Josh is singing a primitive version of Billy Joel's hit song "Piano Man".
 
* ''"Juan Stamos?"''
 
John Stamos is an American actor known for his handsome Mediterranean features.
 
* ''"It sounds like Moe and Curly."''
 
Moe and Curly were two of the Three Stooges comedy troupe. Moe (the leader) would often brutalize the other Stooges with slaps, pokes in the eye, or other assaults. Curly would often whimper, either in pain or in fear of Moe's coming wrath.
 
* ''"It was 'enhanced interrogation', didn't you read the memo?"''
 
The term "enhanced interrogation" was used by the George W. Bush Administration to justify the use of tactics that might otherwise be called "torture" in order to obtain information from detainees about possible terrorist activity, supposedly in the interest of national security.
 
* ''"Hey, Uncle Fester, we were just talking about you..."''
 
Uncle Fester is a character in ''The Addams Family''. He has no hair on his head.
 
* ''"I call him 'Crab-gantor'!"''
 
Frank is apparently referring to Gigantor, a giant robot from a Japanese anime series of the same name.
 
* ''"Stifle, Edith..."''
 
Josh is mimicking the character Archie Bunker from the TV comedy ''All in the Family'', who would often say this to his wife Edith when he wanted her to be quiet.
 
* ''"Where to now, Ali Baba?"''
 
Josh is mimicking the vocal style of comedian Dennis Miller, who is known for peppering his material with obscure references.
 
* ''"Doo-doo-dut-dut! Doo-doo-dut-dut-dut!"''
 
Mimicking the light-hearted incidental music from the TV comedy ''Gilligan's Island''.
 
* ''"What are these, Yoko trees?"''
 
Apparently a reference to Yoko Ono, a recording artist whose voice is often high-pitched or atonal.
 
* ''"Roots: An Additional Generation."''
 
The widely-viewed TV mini-series ''Roots'' (based on the book of the same name) was followed by a sequel entitled ''Roots: The Next Generations''. It deals with the descendants of an African brought to America as a slave, not plant life.
 
   
 
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