First appearance of Ollie Williams, with his Black-u-Weather Forecast.
This is the first time that the individual family photos hanging in the kitchen are actually filled, whereas up until now they've always been blank.
In a spoof of a scene from The Sound of Music (1965), Peter calls his children using a boatswain's pipe (or whistle or call; "boatswain" is pronounced, and sometimes spelled, "bo's'un"). The boatswain's pipe has been in use by navies around the world since at least since the 13th century. Its two tones (high-pitched and lower), sounded in sequence, can produce over a hundred signals.
This episode is the last that aired before 9/11.
Music from this episode is featured on the CD soundtrack album "Family Guy - Movement 1".