This was Frank Sinatra Jr.'s last performance, airing after his death. The episode opened with a dedication to him. He is the second celebrity to be memorialized on the show, the first being Patrick Swayze.
The "Frank Sinatra's Restaurant" song is set to the tune of "I Wish I Were In Love Again," a song Frank Sinatra, Sr. recorded.
When Peter visits Chris doing his Spanish homework, they speak to each other in Spanish. However, in the Spanish dub this is reversed, with Chris is doing his English homework resulting in the Spanish voice over actors briefly speaking English.
The title is a reference to "Rookie of the Year".
Capital and Reprise were record companies that produced most of Frank Sinatra's catalogue.