One of my favorite elements of the show was subtle shout-outs of its time. The music is everywhere, and sports is often spoken of directly, but I want to keep an on-going list of the referenced movies and TV shows of this era (in loose chronological order as I work through the series):

• The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• WKRP in Cincinnati
• Raiders of the Lost Arc
• The French Lieutenant's Woman
• Hill Street Blues
• Mad Max
• Diff'rent Strokes
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokow
• The Jeffersons
• Fantasy Island
• Dallas
• Tootsie
• Tron
• Saturday Night Live (Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood)
• General Hospital
• Max Dugan Returns
• Today with Jane Pauley
• Happy Days
• Tender Mercies
• The Outsiders
• The Day After
• Super Bowl XVIII
• The A-Team
• Romancing the Stone
• Terms of Endearment