Music Shop has records by the Archies, the Bingoes, the Ma-Ads, and Dylan.
Third page Archie Club membership application.
Letters and reports by Alex Jimenez (Brooklyn New York), Shelly Hiller (St. Catherine, Ontario), Marjie Berstein (Hull, Massachusetts), Maryann E. Mikula (St. Charles, Michigan), Jackie Sue Martin (Witt, Illinois), and Elizabeth Valentino (New York City, New York).
Big Moose is discussed, but does not appear.
The dog in this story is "Noname," who had been tried out in a few earlier stories as a possible dog for Archie but was dropped before this story was published. All references to his name have been re-lettered.
Betty says that "Frank" could write a TV tearjerker based on this material, referring to this story's writer, Frank Doyle.