The name of this episode Dogs Playing Poker refers to a series of sixteen oil paintings by C. M. Coolidge, commissioned in 1903 by Brown & Bigelow to advertise cigars. Art critics often point to these as examples of the triumph of working-class taste & the American collective-schlock subconscious over more classical ideals of what constitutes art.
Regina complains to Bruce that Daphne is the one that cooks in their house and since Daphne is vegetarian they always eat vegetarian meals (like portabello mushroom burgers). In real life, Constance Marie (the actress who plays Regina) has been a long time vegetarian.
Ivonne Coll's character (Adrianna) says that at least the article about the family isn't a telenovela about their life (to which her daughter says if they keep going, there might be one). Ivonne Coll went on to play in Jane the Virgin, a show heavily influenced by telenovela staples and tropes and featuring multiple characters who either star in or are obsessed with in-universe telenovelas, including Coll's character who is a massive fan of the genre as a whole.
Kathryn (Lea Thompson) has an awkward conversation with her daughter about love and premarital sex. Earlier in her career, Thompson starred in Casual Sex? (1988), a movie focused on such relationships.