References To Popular Culture
- After being introduced to Meadow, Noah's father says he sat next to a talkative Tim Daly of Wings fame on his flight into New York. Daly would later play the role of J.T. Dolan on The Sopranos, beginning with the episode "In Camelot".
- Noah's father says he worked with Dick Wolf, the creator of Law & Order.
- During a scene in the family kitchen, AJ wears a Nine Inch Nails Fragility tour shirt.
- After dining with Noah's father, Noah and Meadow see the Francis Ford Coppola film Dementia 13.
- Throughout the episode, Ralphie Cifaretto quotes and talks about scenes from the 2000 Ridley Scott's film Gladiator.
- Ralphie later watches the original Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus, starring Kirk Douglas, who Christopher Moltisanti recommended to Ralph as a gladiator film.
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