At one point in the episode, an outside shot of the New York Subway station is shown, with a billboard advertisement for "Catch Up with Ricki Lake", hosted by actress and talk show host, Ricki Lake. Lake played Doug's sister, Stephanie Heffernan, in six episodes from 2000-2001.
Carrie's trainer at the gym is Nicole Sullivan's (Holly) real-life husband.
The movie that is announced on the "movie phone" when Doug "fake calls" Danny is "The Brothers Grimm" (2005, Gilliam).
The Buick Regal that Lou Ferrigno is driving has a New York license plate of VLC 222.