- The title is a reference to the film Cool Hand Luke.
- The "white guy work song" that Peter, Joe, and Quagmire sing is "The Babbit and the Bromide" from the film Ziegfeld Follies.
- McDaniels and Burger Queen are respectively parodies of McDonald's and Burger King. The latter's signature Whopper sandwich is parodied as a "Bopper".
- The DVD commentary reports that Cleveland and the other black prisoners singing "Gonna See Miss Eliza" is a reference to the Woody Allen film Take The Money And Run.
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