When Jorge suggests making and selling Chicano celebrity totem polls as a business opportunity, one of the "Chicano celebrities" he mentions is Robby Benson, a Caucasian actor who infamously portrayed a Chicano character in the film Walk Proud.
Ricardo Montalban's name is mentioned when Juan is given a brown suit. Then he say's the plane, the plane which is a catch phrase that Hervé Villechaize character said in the TV show.