Towards the end, Homer tells Marge: "We were so close to winning the championship. Now, thanks to Burns, it's never going to happen. And I spent so much time building that trophy case." The scene then cuts to the trophy case with an Academy Award in it that Homer has stolen, with Don Ameche's name being crossed out. In the original broadcast, it was Haing S. Ngor's name who had been crossed out. Ngor was murdered between this episode's original air date and the subsequent repeat broadcasts, and his name was changed to Ameche's because the producers were afraid it would be implied that Homer may have murdered Ngor to steal his Oscar.
When the Pin Pals first enter the bowling alley the team from TV Six starts teasing them. If you look closely, you can see Bumblee Man's bowling shirt says his name is Pedro
One of the bowling teams Homer's team plays against is called the Home Wreckers. All the members of the Home Wreckers, at one point, threatened Homer and Marge's marriage. Its members are Princess Kashmir (the exotic dancer from Homer's Night Out (1990)), Lurleen Lumpkin (the country singer Homer managed in Colonel Homer (1992)), Mindy Simmons (the new power plant worker who Homer felt extreme chemistry with in The Last Temptation of Homer (1993)) and Jacques, the bowling instructor who once attempted to romance Marge in Life on the Fast Lane (1990).
Doris Grau, script supervisor for the show and voice of Lunchlady Doris, died on December 30, 1995, from respiratory failure at a hospital in Los Angeles, California. This was one of the last episodes to feature her voice, and included a dedication to her.
We learn in this episode that the cracking-voice teenager is Lunch Lady Doris's son.