Jane Kaczmarek who plays Lois in Malcolm in the Middle (2000) was offered to voice her character, but declined due to wanting preserve the reputation of the character.
On an episode of Jeopardy! (1984) that aired in 2007, a contestant named Jared Cohen wrote Alex Trebek's name backwards (complete with capital letters) as his response in Final Jeopardy in reference to a cutaway in this episode. When Trebek read the response and realized it was his name backwards, Cohen responded "I heard it sends you back to another dimension".
The cutaway gag of Mayor West on Jeopardy! (1984) is a reference to the DC Comics character Mr. Mxyzptlk, an impish trickster who enjoys tormenting Superman, and who can only be defeated and returned to the fifth dimension by tricking him into saying his name backwards.
When Peter was given the basic letters (RSTNLE) when he was guessing the answer on Wheel of Fortune (1983), all of those letters were in the answer.
During Quagmire's fantasy about Joan the Maid, there are three references to different Disney movies. In order, they are Beauty and the Beast (1991), Lady and the Tramp (1955) and Aladdin (1992).