The bag that Virginia and Burt write their list of life goals on is a Chubby's bag, another reference to My Name Is Earl (2005).
Lucy's boyfriend in this episode is played by Danny Masterson, Bijou Phillips' fiancé at the time, they would marry five months after the episode aired.
While living in the grocery store Jimmy watches clips from two shows:, Yes Dear (Jimmy in the candy store) and My Name is Earl (Joy's fetish video shot by the owner of The Crab Shack). Both of these shows are Greg Garcia shows.