The scene where Alan is transfixed by a piece of art hanging on the wall mirrors a scene from Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) in which Cameron (Alan Ruck) is enraptured by "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" at the Art Institute of Chicago. The same cut back and forward from viewer to the painting, whilst zooming in, is used.
The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Contemporary Costumes.