When Hilary's boyfriend, Eric (played by Malcolm Jamal Warner) sees the Banks spending quality time together he remarks how he thought that only happened on The Cosby Show. Malcolm-Jamal Warner played main character, Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show (1984).
This is the second time Malcolm-Jamal Warner appears on The Fresh Prince. The first time was as himself in Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect: Part 2 (1990).
When Will & Phillip enter the courtroom the music playing was the theme music to the popular 1980s & 1990s civil court show, The People's Court (1981).