*This episode originally had the extremely long title "The Commodores Gold Record and All-You-Can-Eat Jumbo Shrimps Cruise."
*Once again, Jess Harnell fills in for Seth MacFarlane as Tim.
*When Cleveland is sleep-deprived and driving his truck, he imagines Frank, the rabbit from the 2001 cult film Donnie Darko.
* As Cleveland's life flashes before his eyes, he imagines himself dying. As he rots into a pile of dust, he shouts "No No No No No NO!" the same way he does in the perennial bathtub gag.
* Hank Hill from King of the Hill has a cameo in the rehab center that Cleveland is sent to.
* A security officer from Comic Con in "Hot Cocoa Bang Bang" provides security at the rehab center.