This episode heavily references another CBS Saturday morning cartoon that had recently been cancelled: Harlem Globetrotters (1970-1971). The show team members featured Meadowlark Lemon, Freddie "Curly" Neal, Hubert "Geese" Ausbie, J.C. "Gip" Gipson, Bobby Joe Mason, and Paul "Pablo" Robertson, all in animated form, alongside their fictional bus driver and manager Granny and their dog mascot Dribbles. This episode uses the same voice actors as the other cartoon, such as the legendary Scatman Crothers and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson.