danny's speech at the end of the film ("we are 91 days from the end of this decade and there's gonna be a lot of refugees") refers to the drug-addled scene after the pair return from penrith on thursday 2 october 1969, six weeks after woodstock and three days before the first broadcast of "monty python's flying circus". it is not known if robinson intended any significance by including such a specific date. the headline "nude au pair's secret life" was an actual headline from "news of the world" on 16 november, 1969.