"The Chicken Song" was by far the most successful of all of their music and not-so-subtle references were made to it in subsequent sketches in the show itself.

And it's more than just the not-so-subtle references to other games.

Other not-so-subtle references to presidential history are a character named Hillary and others with the last names Oswald and Dewey.

Ms. Fischer said she was fascinated by the subtle and not-so-subtle references to the Dreyfus Affair.

She didn't miss his not-so-subtle reference to baseball.

The audience, or at least the Democrats in the room, rewarded her not-so-subtle reference to H.R. 1918 with laughter, cheers, and applause.

The Potato Bug name is a not-so-subtle reference to The Beatles.

His appearance was a not-so-subtle reference to the incident in which he drove off the Chappaquiddick Bridge, killing his companion, Mary Jo Kopechne.

The word "Archie" was scrawled on listings that were not to be shown to blacks or Hispanics, a not-so-subtle reference to television's Archie Bunker.

They banned all subtle and not-so-subtle references to social or financial success.