• This is the first of the "Road to" mini-series featuring Brian and Stewie as the main characters. The second is “Road to Europe,” while the third is “Road to Rupert", the fourth is "Road to Germany”, the fifth is "Road to the Multiverse", and the sixth is "Road to the North Pole."
• Unlike the other "Road to..." episodes, the end credits does not contain "exit music".
• This episode reveals that Brian was born in Austin, Texas.
• Stewie likes the song "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" by Boy George
• This episode includes a special commentary on the Family Guy: The Freakin' Sweet Collection DVD done by Seth MacFarlane in character as Brian and Stewie.
• The Pewterschmidt's are shown to have a vacation home in Palm Springs.
• An additional scene was made in Dr. Amanda Rebecca first appearance. In the scene, which was never intended for TV, Dr. Rebecca's breasts are actually shown after she takes off her strapless bra. She licks her nipples and than uses a vibrator. This scene had briefly surfaced on the internet until FOX lawyers had the scene removed.

• This has been referred to by Seth MacFarlane as “everybody’s favorite episode” mainly by its revelation of Brian’s history and using the song and dance number to show the bickering yet close relationship of Brian and Stewie.
• During the singing of "Road to Rhode Island", Brian appears as a pitcher in one scene. As he turns around to pitch, his shirt says "Red Sox 86" on the back. The Red Sox previous World Series appearance was a losing effort in 1986. In a bit of irony, when the Red Sox won their World Series in 2004, it came exactly 86 years after they won their last one. This episode first aired in 2000.
• The radio in the car Brian and Stewie steal plays “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?” by Culture Club which Stewie says he likes when Brian reaches for the radio.
• While driving, Stewie and Brian play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, a game in which people link an actor or actress to Kevin Bacon by six (or less) films.
• Stewie asks Brian to tape the episode of The Brady Bunch where Bobby saves Greg’s life and Greg becomes Bobby’s slave. However, it was actually Peter whose life Bobby saved in that episode (“My Brother’s Keeper”).
• A scene in this episode featured Osama bin Laden that only aired once: Stewie sings “On the Good Ship Lollipop" to distract airport baggage handlers from noticing the weapons in his luggage, then remarks, “Let’s hope Osama bin Laden doesn’t know show tunes.” The camera pans to show bin Laden singing “I Hope I Get It” from the musical A Chorus Line as his luggage goes through the detector. This episode aired more than a year before the September 11th terrorist attacks. The entire scene was taken out of the episode in subsequent airings and the Region 1 “Volume 1” Family Guy DVD set (although the scene remains intact up until Stewie’s singing in the Season 2 DVD set for Regions 2 and 4), but can be seen on the Family Guy: The Freakin' Sweet Collection DVD. The original version can also be seen on Netflix. In the DVD commentary, Seth MacFarlane mentions that the moral is that “the FBI should watch Family Guy more often.”

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