Janet Leigh (as Gail) plays the mother of Jamie Lee Curtis' character (Linda); they are actually mother and daughter in real life.
Melissa Sue Anderson was only 16 when she shot this episode, playing an 18-year-old who wanted to sleep with Bernie Kopell's character, who was 45 at the time.
At one point Jimmie 'JJ' Walker says to his wife Vernee Watson that it's "no Saturday Night Fever." This happens right after Deney Terrio is shown disco dancing and displaying dance moves similar to those of John Travolta in the movie Saturday Night Fever (1977). In fact, Deney Terrio worked on the film and instructed Travolta on his disco dancing.
Peter Coffield was an Emmy winning actor. He had just finished a TV movie called O'Malley (1983) which was to launch his career in a new TV series. Tragically he died months later from an AIDS-related illness on November 19, 1983. He was only 38 years old.