The episode was dedicated to Roy Rodriguez, father of Rico Rodriguez (Manny) who had recently passed away.
The show mentions Ice Age: Collision Course (2016). The film actually features the voices of Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Mitch) and Adam Devine (Andy).
One of the names called at the Graduation ceremony was James Earl Carter. This is actually the full/formal name of former President Jimmy Carter.
At 2:00, when Phil tells Luke "I have one word for you, Luke... plastics", and Claire whispers "I don't think he knows that movie, honey", they are referring to a dialog from the 1967 movie The Graduate, between Mr. McGuire (Walter Broke) and Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman). Phil's answer to Claire, "Mrs. Dunphy, you're trying to seduce me" also comes from that movie, in a classic scene between Benjamin and Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft).
When Phil is watching a video montage of Luke growing up, a photo is shown of him at the end of "Express Christmas" (2011) to which Phil says, "That's the first time he saw snow." This is untrue since the episode where the photo is taken from, the family are seen playing with fake snow at the end. Gloria is also standing behind Luke in this scene but has been edited out of the photo.