At the very beginning, an 'In Loving Memory' dedication is made to Carrie Fisher, who played Angela (Peter's boss) in the show for 22 episodes.
The name of the episode is a pun on the film 'Passenger 57' with Wesley Snipes. Cleveland even using Wesley's now famous catchphrase 'always bet on black' which was first used in Passenger 57.
Brian doesn't have any lines in this episode.
Stewie refers to Peter as "dad" instead of "fat man" one of the few times in the series he refers to Peter by that title.
Carrie Fisher is the third celebrity to be memoralized on the show the first two being Patrick Swayze and Frank Sinatra Jr.