The episode title is a reference to the 1989 black comedy film Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills, which depicts a series of sexual entanglements and comic confusions between a group of rich Beverly Hills socialites and their servants.
According to Lisa, The Nature Company has a TV assembled by Hopi Indians. The Hopi are Native Americans who primarily live in northeastern Arizona.
When Marge tells Homer not to wear a tie with a short-sleeved shirt, Homer protests that "Sipowicz does it", referring to the character Andy Sipowicz on NYPD Blue who is usually seen wearing striped ties and short-sleeved shirts.
According to Susan, the retail company L.L.Bean and clothing store chain Eddie Bauer are selling her the same honey.
Marge compared the country club house to the Playboy Mansion.
Lisa's line "The rich are different from you and me" is a reference to the line "Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me" found in the 1925 novel The Great Gatsby by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.
On the book's cover, two men are holding a sign with the concept "Fore" written on it. In the real book, Our Bodies, Ourselves, two women are holding a "Woman Unite" sign in the same way.
The description "A book by and for golfers" parody the "A book by and for women" found in the real-world book.
Mr. Burns calls Homer "Steinmetz", in a reference to the American engineer Charles Proteus Steinmetz, when Homer is thinking too much about which club to choose.
The employee at Steppin' Out mentions Sears, an American chain of department stores.
Marge's line "I wouldn't want to join any club that would have me as a member" is a reference to the phrase "I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member" by comedian and actor Groucho Marx.
Marge gets her dress at a store in Ogdenville. Ogdenville was last mentioned in the episode "Marge vs. the Monorail" in season 4. In that episode, it was one of the places where Lyle Lanley sold monorails.
