Tobias (David Cross) says "Excuse Me" in a way imitating Steve Martin's trademark catchphrase, but his motions actually emulate Martin's character from the "Wild and Crazy Guys" sketches with Dan Aykroyd on Saturday Night Live (1975).
This is the first time the theme song is heard, though it sounds slightly different in this episode from later ones because volume levels on certain instruments hadn't fully been worked out. In this episode, an electric guitar is prominent in the theme song.
This is the only time we see Luz (Lillian Hurst) as Lucille (Jessica Walter)'s housekeeper. By episode 1.5, Charity Drive (2003), she had been replaced by Lupe (B.W. Gonzalez).
Gob (Will Arnett)'s fireball illusion screws up in this episode, something which later became a running gag in episodes 2.9, Burning Love (2005), 2.15, Sword of Destiny (2005), & 3.6, The Ocean Walker (2005). When the lighter fluid is detected he always replies with "But where did the lighter fluid come from?", which becomes a running gag along with the failure of the illusion.