VL-IV, page 3

[Robin Landseadel]

Prairie Wheeler, Zoyd's daughter, leaves a note by the empty Count  
Chocula
box about Thaspia and Channel 86 re-arranging Zoyd's upcoming bit of  
annual
Tubal entertainment. Note the name-checking of TV-oriented products,  
Fruit Loops,
Nestle's Quik. There will be more. Pynchon plays with the concept of  
86 a couple
two, three times in Vineland---to be thrown out is to be 86ed, a  
concept that must
appeal to TRP's mathematical tendencies. Thapsia is medically useful  
as an irritant.

http://www.henriettesherbal.com/eclectic/kings/thapsia.html

The "Cucumber Lounge" and "Log Jam" are perfectly in keeping with the  
kinds of
businesses found in the Green Triangle.