Flattery?

Heading down into the 14th st train station after a long day, two scraggly homeless-hippie types standing near the entrance. With a rough British accent, one of the be-dreaded calls out to my back: "Ma'am! MA'AM! Get back here, Big Lebowski! I loved you in Big Lebowski..." is he referencing Maude? I'm kind of flattered and annoyed simultaneously.