The book House is reading in the airport is "Classic Lesbian Prison Stories."
The riddle House gives about the house with an all-southern view is also given by Sherlock Holmes to Dr. Watson in the movie "Young Sherlock Holmes." Dr. House is a mirror of Sherlock Holmes.
For some reason Peter Foster has a photograph of President Lyndon Johnson hanging on the wall behind his desk.
Fletch is probably named after Irwin Maurice Fletcher. A fictional journalist from a series of mystery novels written by Gregory McDonald and two movies Fletch (1985), and Fletch Lives (1989) staring Chevy Chase .