In this episode, Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue play a married couple, Larry and Sophie, who call into the show. They are actually both married to each other in real life.
Roz (Peri Gilpin) says Alice is "a cute baby but she ain't no Dorothy Parker." Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967) was an American writer and poet, best known for her caustic wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles.
The celebrity callers in this episode are Phil Donahue and Marlo Thomas. They play the characters Larry and Sophie, a married couple who call Frasier's radio show. In this episode Sophie is arguing with her husband, Larry, about wanting to invite some of her girlfriends to his Super Bowl party.
"Our Parents, Ourselves" is a play on the title of the book "Our Bodies, Ourselves." First published in 1970 by the nonprofit organization Our Bodies Ourselves and the Boston Women's Health Book Collective, it concerns women's health and sexuality.