The hotel room Claire Gilliam is staying in is number 237. Room 237 is the notorious haunted room in The Shining (1980). An allusion to room 237 was made in at least one other show by Eric Kripke - Supernatural (2005) episode 1x18, "Something Wicked (2006)".
Anthony tells Lucy to meet him at the corner of 16th and Mariposa in San Francisco. Those two streets do not intersect; Mariposa becomes San Bruno, a perpendicular street, before intersecting with 16th St.
When they arrive at the airport on March 19th, 1983, Rufus refers to an episode of The A-Team (1983) on TV. He says it's 1x13, "The Beast from the Belly of a Boeing (1983)", live (meaning first-run). That episode was actually 1x12, and didn't air until May 3rd. It couldn't have aired on March 19th anyway, because The A Team aired on Tuesdays and March 19th, 1983 was a Saturday.
That episode number was most likely chosen because this is also 1x13 of Timeless.
As an aside, the episode of Diff'rent Strokes (5x22, "The Reporter (1983)") with Nancy Reagan that is shown on screen is correct. It did air on March 19th.
That episode number was most likely chosen because this is also 1x13 of Timeless.
As an aside, the episode of Diff'rent Strokes (5x22, "The Reporter (1983)") with Nancy Reagan that is shown on screen is correct. It did air on March 19th.
The episode is named "Karma Chameleon", but it was actually another Culture Club song, "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?", which made number 1 in the US in March 1983.