Charlie, the word “familia” is the same word we normally pronounce “pamalya” (see http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/two-groaners) and is often found referring to the Heavenly Court, called “pamalya shel ma’alah”, and appears in the famous song “Kad Yasvun” attributed to the Vilna Gaon.
You might add: And is so widely known among bnei torah that VM used it in a joke.