Jerry Seinfeld interrupted Phil Morris' audition for the role by turning up the air conditioning and remarking "You're so funny you're making me sweat."
Mr. Ciccio (Paul Michael), the "mobster" who has the villa in Tuscany for rent, shares the name of the Don of Corleone, Sicily, Italy in The Godfather Part II (1974).
Jackie Chiles (Phil Morris) is based on Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. - an actual fast-talking lawyer who represented O.J. Simpson.
Phil Morris (Jackie Chiles) was originally going to appear in episode 5.7, The Non-Fat Yogurt (1993), if Rudy Giuliani lost the election.