The bedtime story that Jimmy tells Corey is actually the opening crawl from "Star Wars" (1977), starting with the famous line, "A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away....." .
Al had an intellectually disabled sister named Trudy who was in a psychiatric institution. She died in 1953 at the age of 16. The institution claimed that it was due to pneumonia.
This episode takes place in Oakland, California from October 14 to October 15, 1964.
Michael Madsen plays a dock worker. In Reservoir Dogs (1992), Mr. Blonde (Madsen) is given a "no-show" job at the docks.
Frank alludes to having bet on the most recent San Francisco 49ers game. The 49ers lost to the Green Back Packers 24-14, though the game was played on October 11, not the 13th as implied by the dialogue.