Stella (US TV Series) - Allusions

Allusions

Stella is riddled with allusions to the creators' earlier works. The most prominent of these are to the movie Wet Hot American Summer. Some of these include:

• The appearance of Janeane Garofalo (Beth), Paul Rudd (Andy), Elizabeth Banks (Lindsay), Zak Orth (J.J.), A.D. Miles (Gary), Joe Lo Truglio (Neil) and Ken Marino (Victor).
• The song "Higher and Higher" by Theodore Shapiro and Craig Wedren in the episode "Office Party."
• The sign behind Michael Black's coffee stand in "Coffee Shop" reads "Gene's Two Way Radio", a reference to the character Gene in Wet Hot American Summer.
• In the episode "Novel", there is a direct recreation of dialogue between the camp director Beth and Professor Newman from Wet Hot American Summer.
• In the episode "Meeting Girls" Black says to a man in the bar, "Hi, I'm Michael Ian Black. I love the '80s!" in reference to his appearance on the VH1 television program.