Micheal Bowan, is in real life. Martha Plimpton's uncle.
Frank and MawMaw watch a fake version of Downton Abbey, which Lesley Nicol, who plays Miss Eleanor, stars on.
When Burt says he had to help decide what was going to be on NBC next season and gave Virginia a "Banana Hammock", this was the trademark of "The Todd" from Scrubs(2001).