First appearance of Joey and Chandler's apartment, which was not shown in the pilot episode, The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate (1994) or episode 2.
A Toronto Blue Jays baseball hat is visible in Chandler's office. Matthew Perry holds both Canadian and American citizenship and was raised in Canada's capital city of Ottawa. He is also a Toronto Blue Jays fan.
Phoebe recites a nursery rhyme called The man in a shoe: "there was a crooked man who had a crooked smile, who loved in a shoe for a while" However, what she recites is a mixture of two nursery rhymes: the crooked man and The old lady who lived in a shoe. That's why her friends look at her strangely when she finishes the rhyme.
Despite the storyline is which everybody is disgusted by Chandler's smoking habit, in real life the entire cast at the time, with the exception of David Schwimmer, was a smoker.
After Rachel serves the drinks in Central Perk, the correct recipients are as follows: Monica: decaf cappuccino, Joey: latte; Chandler: coffee, black; Ross: iced tea.