Connections

the motel owner is watching this TV series on TV at the same time that he spots Clyde

clip shown

the Gremlins' first line in this episode, "I think they've seen us", is an homage to King Kong

mentioned; Svengoolie even sings its theme song

Hewy discusses the TV series

produced as both a spin-off of and a movie tie-in to this animated TV series; characters borrowed from said animated TV series include the villainous Dr. Who (no connection to the BBC's TV character) and Mechani-Kong