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* ActorAllusion: When talking about [[UsefulNotes/CanadianPolitics Doug Ford]]'s open invitation to the public for his son-in-law's stag party, Gavin feigns surprise that panelist Mary Walsh wasn't personally invited, given how well she knows the Ford family. Back in 2012, one of Walsh's characters, [[Series/ThisHourHas22Minutes Marg Delahunte, Warrior Princess]], had [[http://www.cbc.ca/player/Shows/Shows/22+Minutes/Clips/ID/2160573368/ an infamous run-in]] with Doug's brother, then-mayor of Toronto Rob Ford which resulted in Rob threatening to call the police on her.
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* TheCastShowoff: Recurring guest Ben Heppener is a famed opera singer, and oh boy does the show love taking advantage of that.
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* ActorAllusion: When talking about [[UsefulNotes/CanadianPolitics Doug Ford]]'s open invitation to the public for his son-in-law's stag party, Gavin feigns surprise that panelist Mary Walsh wasn't personally invited, given how well she knows the Ford family. Back in 2012, one of Walsh's characters, [[Series/ThisHourHas22Minutes Marg Delahunte, Warrior Princess]], had [[http://www.cbc.ca/player/Shows/Shows/22+Minutes/Clips/ID/2160573368/ an infamous run-in]] with Doug's brother, then-mayor of Toronto Rob Ford which resulted in Rob threatening to call the police on her.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WordOfGod claims they were originally planning to use a soundbyte of [[SoundEffectBleep CBC News anchor Peter Mansbridge saying "Tonight." to bleep out any profanity]], before settling on the standard bleeping sound instead.

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