The credits for Shirley Chisholm's sitcom say it was created by Melvin Kaminsky. This is Mel Brooks' real name.
In the skit about the Fall of the Berlin Wall the couple is breaking the wall but land into a bathroom of a house. While this is probably set as a joke, it is a historical fact that the Berlin Wall was also separating houses in-between and was bordering other rooms as well.
When "White Jesus" is shooting the moneylenders, his crossbow has the name "Angel Maker" carved on its side.