Phil Collins was married to his second wife Jill Tavelman at the time of filming. She appears in this episode during Phil's party and later again dancing with Izzy.
The surname of Phil Collins' character, Mayhew, along with the surnames of other supporting characters in this episode - Stewart, Bruford, Banks, and Hackett - are surnames of current (Banks) and former (Hackett, Bruford, Mayhew, Stewart) members of Collins' band Genesis. Also, MacPhail was the surname of Genesis' early tour manager.
Switek's line, "This one's for you, Elvis!" refers to the time Elvis Presley shot a TV at the image of Robert Goulet, which was the subject of the $100,000 question Phil asked Joe in the game.
Phil's latest scam as a televangelist, seen on TV at the very end of the episode, is especially ironic given that Phil Collins would later record a song called "Jesus He Knows Me" with Genesis, which serves as a scathing satire of televangelists who exploit people for financial gain, on the band's 1991 album We Can't Dance. Coincidentally, Amen... Send Money (1987) would also delve into such televangelism.