PRODUCTION/CULTURAL REFERENCES (originally written in Feb. 2014; edited 12/20/16)

-The episode title is a reference to the song "Saving All My Love for You" by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. It was made most famous by Whitney Houston for her debut album in 1985. The title also represents the dark themes of the episode.

-The A-plot was inspired by a real-life situation involving a girl I started having a huge crush on. I knew her from junior high and for some unknown reason, started becoming obsessed with her even though I barely talked to her. Of course, it didn't work out and it was pretty humiliating but I felt like it made great material for a Jaylynn episode. I like injecting personal experience into the show. It helps give me a chance to deal with my problems and the characters more realism.

-The mint argument between RK and Jaylynn was taken from the Who's the Boss? episode "Boozin' Buddies," where Sam and Bonnie have the same argument. RK was Bonnie and Jaylynn was Sam. Of course, the original argument was shorter and more of a throwaway joke if anything else.

-Buster's emotional breakdown in the lunchroom references the Full House episode "The Producer" when he says "Like I'm...like I'm...like I'm Freddy Krueger."

-If there's one joke I kinda regret now, it's the one going after Family Guy critics. At the time I wrote this, a lot of people on the A.V. Club were trashing the show consistently in weekly reviews and I was getting sick of it. Since the show has gotten considerably worse in the past two years, I understand the criticism now. I even ended up making fun of the show myself...in episodes of this show.

-Initially, Super Bowl XLVIII wasn't going to be mentioned because of "Super Bowl Cum-Day II," but it had to happen. The most I could do was have it mentioned outside the context of the episode. That's why next season, there won't be a Super Bowl episode. In the past two years, noteworthy things have happened: The blackout at Super Bowl XLVII, and the Seahawks' utter domination this year. I want to give the characters the opportunity to comment on the game without muddying up the storyline.

-The extremely ironic part about the Super Bowl now is that because of what happened, some believe the Seahawks paid the Broncos to throw the game. :)

-There's a lot of irony having Buster be the one to comment on things that don't make sense or be the most self-aware, due to his personality.

-This is not the end of the RK/Ashley drama. I plan to wrap it up before the end of Season 2 so stay tuned.

-RK has no attraction to Wade. He's just really desperate.

-The black guy cutaway was written when I was in the library. I actually overheard a fat black kid talking to a much younger black kid. That fat kid was so funny, and most of what he said was put in the cutaway.

-The last two sentences of Sparky's speech to Emily was a reference to "Shook Ones (Part II)" by Mobb Deep, where Prodigy says the exact same thing.

-RK saying "OH, NICK MATEO!" is a double reference to the character Nick Mateo from Drake & Josh, and the Kenan & Kel episode "Attack of the Bug Man." In the episode, Kenan's house is robbed, and he tries to keep his family from coming back home and finding out. He fakes tripping and falling at the pizza place his family went to to save time. Of course, when Kenan tripped and fell, I have no idea what he said. It sounded like "Nick Mateo" so I used it.

-Sparky and Jaylynn celebrating over what they did to Emily, Lauren, and Isaiah is a reference to a September 2012 segment of WWE Monday Night RAW, where Daniel Bryan and Kane celebrate over attacking several tag teams with steel chairs on Friday Night SmackDown three nights before.

-This episode was dedicated to Philip Seymour Hoffman, widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in the history of film. Hoffman (46 at the time of his death) died on February 2, 2014 as a result of a drug overdose in his office in West Village, Manhattan, New York. I don't know Hoffman that well, but I remember that joke Family Guy made a while back that involved in. Plus, he was good in his guest role on Arthur. Like I said, that's the only exposure I've had to him.

-I meant what I said, and I said what I meant, and I will be right, 100 percent. Next week, for the first time ever, two episodes of Thank You, Heavenly will premiere on the same night, in celebration of the NBA All-Star Game. It's a stupid reason, I know, but the Veteran's Day thing didn't work out so I really want to make up for it. In the first one ("Cinema Thieves"), RK sneaks into the RoboCop remake with Wade, Buster, and Jaylynn, as a way to get back at the movie industry for poor customer service. However, the plan is ruined, and it leads to RK & Jaylynn vs. Buster & Wade, with Sparky as referee. In the second episode ("No Snow Job's Chance in Hell"), a major snowstorm takes control of the Northwest, including Seattle. And sick and tired of the constant labor that shoveling brings, Wade invents a machine that gets rid of snow in a flash. It becomes a hit, but when similar machines are made, Wade might have to put style over substance in an attempt to keep his customers happy. So get ready for an hour of Thank You, Heavenly next Sunday! :)