This episode features Courteney Cox before she found fame on 'Friends'. Ironically 'MSW' was eventually canceled supposedly due to a ratings war with the sitcom, as alluded to in the final season's episodes 'Murder Amongst Friends' and 'Death By Demographics'.
This double episode marks the 2nd and 3rd appearances in the series by Gregg Henry.
The circus tents used in this episode were the former tents of the Dewayne Bros. Circus, founded by Ted DeWayne. The circus closed in the late 1970s due to skyrocketing gas prices and instead became a tent rental business. The same tents were used two years later for filming of Paul Reubens's 1988 film Big Top Pee-wee (1988).