During Lenny Clarke's set, he told Denis Leary that there was a carton of cigarettes for him backstage from late comedian Bill Hicks, with the attached note, "Wish I had gotten these to you sooner." This joke was cut from the final broadcast.
The reason Dr. Dre and Ed Lover gave only "Who's the Man" props is because it was the movie they starred in.
Colin Quinn mentioned Denis and Peter Tolan scribbling the idea of a show about firefighters on a napkin. That show would become "Rescue Me" which the both of them worked on. Adam Ferrara and Lenny Clarke would eventually become a part of that show as well.