 This is the first Best Picture Oscar winner to specifically refer to  a previous winner, in this case _Grand Hotel (1932)_ (qv), which  Baxter attempts to watch on television but is too long delayed  because of commercials. Buds boss also refers to Bud and Fran  having "a lost weekend" together in Buds apartment, a reference to  Billy Wilder (qv)s earlier Oscar winner,  _Lost Weekend, The (1945)_ (qv).