The camera used by Ben is a Polaroid 450 Instant Film Automatic Land Camera with Zeiss Ikon Viewfinder. They were manufactured from 1971 to 1974.
The title of the episode is a reference to "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," a short story in which a man about to be executed escapes in the nick of time, only to die when it is revealed that he imagined the whole thing.
J.D.'s Girl Names: Gladys, Clara and Janice.