On the commentary track for this episode Chevy Chase reveals two things about the character of Pierce:
Pierce miss-pronounces Abed's name wrong so that it phonetically resembles "Arab" which Chase says was his own choice and credits it to Pierce's integrated racism. Chase himself pronounces the name correctly on all commentaries.
Pierce's glasses change to match the color of his outfit in the episode. This is a nod from the costume department to Pierce's fortune, and none of the other actors or writers present on the track was aware of this until he pointed it out.
Pierce miss-pronounces Abed's name wrong so that it phonetically resembles "Arab" which Chase says was his own choice and credits it to Pierce's integrated racism. Chase himself pronounces the name correctly on all commentaries.
Pierce's glasses change to match the color of his outfit in the episode. This is a nod from the costume department to Pierce's fortune, and none of the other actors or writers present on the track was aware of this until he pointed it out.
In this episode Chang asks Shirley if she's ignoring him because he's Korean to which Shirley says "You're Chinese." In reality, Ken Jeong, the actor who plays Chang, is American but is of Korean decent.
Abed asks if bees eat their own honey. They do. In fact, that's the purpose of honey: food for themselves and their larvae.
It is revealed in this episode that Pierce's father's name is Cornelius. Chevy Chase's birth name is Cornelius Crane Chase.
The check that Pierce makes out to Annie is for $5,000.