The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series.
Earl completes the following item(s) on his list in this episode: - #261: "Ruined Joy's wedding". - #262: "Slept with Crab Man's fiancée".
Opening scene, Catalina wonders about the talking flute on TV. That is Freddy the Flute from H.R. Pufnstuf. (1969)
At Earl's birthday party, he only sings the first part of "Happy Birthday", because the song was still under copyright from Warner Bros at the time.