The creepy figurine shown at the end of the movie that plays in this episode is the same as the gift Furio brought from Italy for AJ in S4E10.
The dinner scene with Silvio and Gerry Torciano is filmed and choreographed in such a way to echo the conversation between Bobby Baccalieri and Tony on Bobby's boat at the lake in the previous episode.
Paulie's ringtone is "Cecilia" by Simon and Garfunkel.
The outfit Danny Baldwin is seen wearing during the "Cleaver" garage scene is nearly identical to the outfit Tony (James Gandolfini) wears in "Cold Stones" while discussing Vito's (Joseph Gannascoli) fate with Silvio (Steven Van Zandt) outside of The Bing.
Director and actor Sydney Pollack plays a jailed oncologist in this episode who tries to give comfort to mob boss John Sacramoni, who's dying of terminal cancer. One year after this episode aired, Pollack would succumb to cancer himself.