Trivia
- The episode title is a reference to the term "sob story," which means a person's uninteresting, pathetic, sad moment in their life.
- The Chief mentions The Young and the Petless, a parody of the soap opera The Young and the Restless.
Running Gags
- Dudley pulling nasal hair to cry, so people will give him what he wants.
- Appearing a striking floating object on top of someone's head (e.g. a light bulb appears floating over the head of Keswick, or a gray cloud over the head of The Chief or Dudley).
- Dudley, when trying to say he saw his mother in her underwear, he says he saw "things".
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