When Heather Mancuso (Alison Arngrim) comes to wish the Gunnundersons a Merry Christmas, Anya Gunnunderson says to Heather "Oh, don't be such a Nellie!" Arngrim played the part of Nellie Oleson on the 1974 series Little House on the Prairie.
In four out of his five credited acting roles, Kevin F. Sherry played an identically named character, "Bad Sweater Guy." Also, those same four out of five acting roles, in Role/Play (2010), Eine Überraschung zum Fest (2009), Back Soon (2007), and Long-Term Relationship (2006), were movies which were written, produced, and directed by Rob Williams.
Anya Gunnunderson's parting line to Heather Mancuso, "So Long. And thanks for all the fish" is a tribute to Doug Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The last book in that series was "So Long. And Thanks for All the Fish."
Kelly Keaton has appeared in three movies written, produced, and directed by Rob Williams, and has appeared in the same three movies with 'Kevin F Sherry', Eine Überraschung zum Fest (2009), Back Soon (2007), and Long-Term Relationship (2006).
Steve Callahan has appeared in two movies written, produced, and directed by Rob Williams, and has appeared with 'Derek Long (I)' in the same two movies, Role/Play (2010) and Eine Überraschung zum Fest (2009).