- Funny Aneurysm Moment - In 'The Emigrant' Tony attempts to emigrate to Australia, hoping for stardom down under (but is turned away with "try Canada".) In real life, Tony Hancock emigrated to Australia to try to revive his failing career. Tragically, it didn't work, and he killed himself.
- In the episode "The Bowmans", Hancock alludes to thinking about killing himself.
- True Art Is Incomprehensible - 'The Poetry Society' - "green me, purple him!"
- Hancock and his scriptwriters used the same idea in the film The Rebel, using paintings instead of poetry.