When talking about his son's ingenuity as a doctor, Henry Winkler's character makes reference to MacGyver. Henry Winkler was a an executive producer of the show MacGyver.
Christine Ebersole won a Tony for "42nd Street" and Bob Gunton was nominated for "Evita". Cloris Leachman sang in "South Pacific" and Resma Shetty sang in "Bombay Dreams" on Broadway
In the scene when Eddie is talking to Paige and notices that she is sad, he says "Step into my office". That was one of Winkler's most famous recurring lines as Fonzi on Happy Days.