The montage sequence with the desaturated colors, the kids playing with the Brooklyn Bridge in the background, Steve seeing his friend getting blown up in the car is taken right out of Sergio Leone's 1984 classic Once Upon a Time in America.
The flag of Italy is flying in the Smiths' front yard instead of the American flag.
While eating spaghetti, this is the first time that Stan is seated at the other end of the kitchen table.
Roger's alter ego "Sinjun Saint John" will have been spelled "St John St John".
The title is a reference to the classic "cups and balls" game as well as the Price is Right pricing game of the same name