The voice of Bruce the performance artist is used for Jaws the shark in one scene. When filming Jaws (1975), Steven Spielberg nicknamed the animatronic shark "Bruce." Whether this is a deliberate joke on the part of the Family Guy crew or a total coincidence is unknown.
For the "Opposites Attract" parody in this episode, Paula Abdul re-recorded her vocals in the song since the show's producers were unable to splice in Peter's singing over the song's original male vocal part.
Stewie in a flashback refers to "his bath with Kathy Bates" in a spoof of the hot tub scene with Kathy Bates in About Schmidt.
The music played during the credits is first theme from Happy Days.
Stewie places blocks to read "mad". Other episodes show this running gag of his expressions on blocks.