After a Liberal Party professional with the slogan "A New Hope" is revealed in the You're Soaking In It segment, Wil Anderson mentions that it was a Star Wars motion picture. In the You're Soaking In It segment, Wil Anderson mentions that Tony Abbott may well have stolen "New Hope" from Star Wars. Kowalski's recurring statement of "Houston, I have a lousy feeling about this mission" references Star Wars' "I have a terrible sensation about this".