David Cross had publicly mocked James Lipton (Warden Gentles) as part of his stand-up act, referring to Lipton as "pretentious" and "the most pompous, arrogant failure in history." Lipton was not amused by Cross' impersonations of himself, but during filming, they ended up becoming friends (although Cross maintained his criticism of Lipton's show, Inside the Actors Studio (1994)).
As Barry Zuckerkorn (Henry Winkler) and Bob Loblaw (Scott Baio) reenact a crime scene, Barry says "...I can't reach the chotchie" (referring to the knob to open the gate). Chachi was Scott Baio's breakout role as Fonzi's cousin on Happy Days (1974).
After the prosecutor says "That's a low blow loblaw" he replies "Bob Loblaw law bomb!" Loblaw (Scott Baio) lobbed a law bomb at the Bluth family in episode 3.9, S.O.B.s (2006).
Barry (Henry Winkler)'s slogan, "He's Very Good", is said by a young Lucille (Kristen Wiig) in 1982.
Lindsay (Portia de Rossi), George Michael (Michael Cera), Buster (Tony Hale), and Gob (Will Arnett) do not appear in this episode, making it have the least amount of main characters out of all 76 episodes. However, Lucille does appear, but is played by Kristen Wiig as her younger self in a flashback only, not by her actual portrayer, Jessica Walter.