The house is seen exploding 36 times.
This is the second time that Connie is taken down by a member of the Griffin family for insulting Meg. Brian does it verbally back in season five in Barely Legal where as Peter does it violently.
This episode is dedicated to Paul B. Sheridan (1940-2007), father of Chris Sheridan, one of the writers and producers of "Family Guy." Chris wrote this particular episode.
A 30-second clip from this episode is included as one of the Parodies on The Alien Anthology Archives disc in the Alien Anthology blu-ray box set, released in 2013.
The part where Peter is dressed up as a Chinese guy. References El Dorado (1966).