The Canadian verson of this episode features the tarot card showing George W. Bush drinking out of a beer bong.

This episode won an Emmy for "You've got a hell of a lot to see".

Lois: Hey Brian... you're home early. What happened with your date?
Brian: Same thing that always happens. She was an idiot.

Peter: No bird frenches my wife and gets away with it.

Brian: (singing)
The '60s brought the hippie breed.
And decades later, things have changed indeed.
We lost the values, but we kept the weed
-You've got a lot to see-
The Reagan years have laid the frame for movie stars to play the White House game.
We're not too far from voting Feldman-Haim
-You've got a lot to see-
The town of Vegas has got a different face, because it's a family place with lots to do.
Where in the '50s, a man could mingle with scores of all the seediest whores... Now his children can, too!
You heard it from the canine's mouth.
The country's changed, that is, except the South!
No one really knows, my dear lady friend just quite how it all will end
-So, hurry 'cause you've got a lot to see-
The baldness gene was cause for dread, but That's a fear that you can put to bed.
They'll shave your ass and glue it on your head
-You've got a lot to see-
The PC age has moved the bar.
A word like 'redneck' is a step too far.
The proper term is country-music star!
-You've got a lot to see-
Our flashy cell phones make people mumble Gee whiz, look how important he is, his life must rule!
You'll get a tumor, but on your surgery day, the doc will see it and say "wow, you must really be cool!"
There's lots of things you missed.
Like Pee Wee and his famous wrist.
Or Sandy Duncan's creepy phony eye.
That awesome Thunder Cats cartoon.
Neil Armstrong landing on the moon.
Neil Armstrong? Was he the trumpet guy?
So, let's go see the USA
They'll treat you right unless you're black or gay or Cherokee
But you can forgive the world and its flaws, and follow me there because
you've still got a hell of a lot to see
-You've got a lot to see!!-

Pearl: Oh Brian, I've missed so much, I wouldn't be standing here right now if it wasn't for you! (Truck runs her over)

Jonas' (Lois' piano student) hair has turned from blond to brown since we last saw him in the episode "Wasted Talent".

Chris and Stewie are eating what appears to be meatloaf at dinner after court, then the shot changes, and they are eating what looks like chicken.

Peter: Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey, Jon Benet's untimely death is a tragedy; and I will not rest until I find her killler, or killers...

Jon Benet Ramsey was a little girl who was strangled in her own basement. Her parents were found innocent of the crime, but many still believed it was them.

Bird Scientist: It's Great to Learn...'Cause Knowledge is Power

Yet another reference to "School House Rock".

Meg: ...and Neil Armstrong landing on the moon, hey wasn't he that trumpet guy?

Neil Armstrong was an astronaut, however Meg is referring to Louis Armstrong, a trumpet player in the early 30's.