Alvin and the Chipmunk's Christmas special is heard playing on the t.v that Earl and Randy are watching. Jason Lee (Earl) went on to receive the role of Dave in Alvin and the chipmunks (2007)
The "waterbeds" in the Darvilles' shop are actually normal beds, for budget reasons.
Earl completes the following item on his list in this episode: - #74: "Always ruined Joy's Christmas".
You know how TV phone numbers always start 555- ; those are nonworking numbers set aside for TV and Movies. The radio DJ contest judge is wearing his station T-shirt "KKAM 1870AM". The AM carrier wave frequencies top out at 1605 kHz, so 1870 on the dial is a nonworking frequency.
Connie confesses to having a gambling problem and mentions ' on-line Pai Gow'. There are two forms of online Pai Gow. The original Chinese domino tile game whose name means ' make 9', and the card version played with a standard poker deck + a joker.