The Series Has Landed reference to the moon from the 1902 French silent film "A Trip to the Moon". Bender impales Crater Face in the eye with his beer bottle after Crater Face attempts to confiscate his alcohol, which is another reference to the film as the astronomers' capsule (which resembles a bottle) hitting the moon's eye when it crashes. The title of the episode itself is a reference to the quote "The Eagle has landed" said by astronaut Neil Armstrong when he and Buzz Aldrin touched down on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission. Fry nearly makes a reference to Neil Armstrong's
On the First Warm Day My All" and "One Love Affair" (both are also on Portia Nelson's album), featured one of the musicians from Rosemary Clooney's 1952 session, guitarist Mundell Lowe. The LP, "Chris Craft" (catalog number 1290/SD-1290), had a November release solely in monaural form, with a stereo version issued two years later, in 1960. Eydie Gormé's LP, "Love Is a Season", which has "First Warm Day" as track 4, was released by ABC-Paramount Records (catalog number Abcs-273) and, in her notes regarding the album, she reminisces that Bart Howard "was a great friend" whose "Fly Me to the Moon" she recorded under its