When Will goes up to the Judge he quotes the theme song by saying "In West Philadelphia, born and raised, on the playground is where I spent most of my days".
Elisabeth Harnois (Steffi) and Armelia McQueen (Judge) both starred in the children's show Adventures in Wonderland (1992), as Alice and the Queen of Hearts.
When Uncle Phil pops Carlton's pool duck. Carlton cries out: "Oh my god Howard!" Which could have been named after the Marvel Comics character Howard the Duck.