First instance of Scully singing. Joel McKinnon Miller studied opera and theatre at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
This episode is directed by Jorma Taccone, one third of the comedy troupe The Lonely Island. He later makes a guest appearance in Season 4's Coral Palms, Part 1 (2016).
In this episode that takes place on Thanksgiving Day, Detective Peralta avoids watching a football game he is recording. The television is showing a game between Ole Miss and South Carolina, which actually took place September 24th, 2009.