Inside jokes (Henson)

Henson productions mentioning names of performers, employees, different productions, and other pieces of inside information.

Living with Dinosaurs[]

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	At breakfast, Dom checks his mother's newspaper for the air times of Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock.

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	In "Improvised Music", Mr. Director (a lookalike of Peter Harris) wears a necklace with a miniature Kermit dangling from it. This is the Kermit pendant given to cast, crew, and guests on The Muppet Show.
	In "Notation: The Sign That Gets the Sound", a nursery set is decorated with Muppet Babies wallpaper.

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	In "Family Challenge," the credits for the Dinosaur TV show Pangea's Funniest Home Injuries lists Polly Smith, BC. as head of wardrobe, David A. Caplan and Brian LaPan as Executive Producers, and Tim Doyle as Term Writer.
	In "The Greatest Story Ever Sold," one philosopher suggests that the origins of the dinosaurs all started with a frog.
	In "Terrible Twos," two of Blarney's playmates are named Tim and Jeff (the writer and director of the episode, respectively).
	In "Georgie Must Die," Roy Hess uses "Bob Young" as a fake name. Later, on Georgie's set, a street sign reads "Says Me St."

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	In the second season episode "Farewell, My Rosie," the director of a TV crew doing a feature on Terri Springer is wearing a Mutts Take Manhattan shirt.
	The third season episode "Doggy See, Doggy Do" features a parody of Sesame Street called "See Samoyed St" with a dog in a Big Bird costume and an Oscar the Grouch equivalent popping out of a hydrant.

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	In Spoonbill & Salmon, Stinky and Jake interview Yorick the Salmon, who not only shares the same name as a previous Muppet character, but notes that one of the fish in the video he brings is one of his "salmon friends".
	In Colobus Monkey & Flying Squirrel, during the "Animal Awards", Armstrong the Chicken Hawk gives a shout-out to his friend Jim Lewis.
	In Indian Elephant and Human, one of Dave the Human's children is holding a copy of Ernie's Bath Book.

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	Queen Regina of Ka-Larry is named after the show's writers' assistant Regina Calarie.
	In "The Road to Ka-Larry," one of the gifts intended for Queen Regina is a rare postage stamp depicting Prince Marcello of Picone (named after production staffer Marcello Picone).

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	In "Thanks for Sharing," Crichton names several alien villains. Among them are the Skeksis (referring to the Halosians).
	In "Kansas," Aeryn tries to learn to speak English by watching Sesame Street -- specifically, the Muppet & Kid Moment in which Kermit and Joey say the alphabet and she keeps adding "Cookie Monster!"
	While John Crichton fights off the Tragins in Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars, he comments that he's being chased by The Electric Mayhem.

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	In "No Job Too Small”, Mopatop and Puppyduck attempt to locate a rattle for Rex the Rattlesnake; one of their suggestions is a baby rattle that has a picture of a little red furry monster.

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	One of the books that fly off the library shelves is entitled "Muppets in Space."

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	In the closing credits for 3 Pigs and a Baby, with producer's names on a space-themed mobile, Lisa Henson's name was attached to model of the Swinetrek from The Muppet Show's Pigs in Space.
	In The Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Show, an advertisement in Mac Bear's newspaper says the Dixie Chickens are performing live at Henson Hall.

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	Arnie, Sid's stuffed dinosaur, is similar in design to Dog from Living with Dinosaurs (albeit much larger and with a horn on his nose).
	In the episode "Sid's Amazing Lungs", Gerald pretends to be various characters during playtime; when pretending to be a baby he looks directly into the camera and exclaims "I'm a baby, gotta love me!" with the same style and tone as the baby on Dinosaurs.

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	Squacky has a copy of It's Not Easy Being Green on his bedside table.

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	While sifting through a box of old objects, Russ pulls out an old Elmo doll.
	A piano and guitar amp are branded as "Henson" manufactured.
	In the 2021 production, the buildings in Waterville are primarily named after people involved in the original special. These include Hoban Books, Mrs. Marilyn Mink's Music Emporium, the Williams Opera House, and Nelson Goelz Hunt Attorneys At Paw. The same building also features the signage "CB & JH."
	Upon seeing Old Lady Possum's broken fence, Emmet exclaims "Hubba-wha?" This is a reference to the original special's drum roll bloopers, with "Hubba-wha?" being one of Frank Oz's many improvised exclamations as he and Jerry Nelson performed take after take.

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	In Volume 1, Irene leaves a note for Toby on the fridge, attached with a Kermit magnet.
	In Volume 1, Uncle Traveling Matt appears at the ball and asks Hana if she has any hors d'oeuvres made with radishes.
	In Volume 3, The Devils from The StoryTeller episode "The Soldier and Death" appear in a jail cell playing poker with a troll. Their cameo makes a direct reference to their StoryTeller appearance: "Did he say sacked?" "Not again!"