When they were filming it, the actual solar eclipse occurred during the day.
Cam's white face and kaftan are a parody of Marlon Brando's costume in The Island of Doctor Moreau (1996).
Second episode to air on a major event as this episode aired the day of the solar eclipse the first being the season 5 episode "Suddenly Last Summer" which despite airing in September aired three months after the legalization of gay marriage in California.
Ninth vacation episode of the series.