Joel & Ethan Coen are the names of two of the Jewish cowboys in Joel's dream sequence.
Tommy Miller, a local criminal of Wheeling, WV, asks if Bernard ever ran cigarettes along I-95. Granted I-95 is the number one long haul interstate of the east coast and goes from Houlton, Maine to Miami, Fl. But 200 miles and the entire width of the Appalachian Mountains is between I-95 and Wheeling.
Ed's movie reference: Fiddler On The Roof (1971)
Ed's movie reference: Spartacus (1960)