And topical references that may not mean much to an American reader pepper the text.

Some of the songs, revolving around topical references, could become dated within the year.

The text has few topical references to specific events that could be used to identify the period of composition more precisely.

A few topical references aside, the year could be 1962.

Scotland (another topical reference) did not reform its poor law until 1845.

According to Allen, the only significant changes to the script involved updating the topical references.

The original script is full of topical and cultural references highly specific to 1968.

Certain lyrics, especially those with topical references, are often changed based on the time of the performance's release.

"We just need to find a topical reference to give a quaint joke more punch."

Their productions are full of songs about lists and topical references.