Meagan Fay, who plays Austin's grandmother, is the same actress who played Kathy Bowman the Conners' next door neighbor with whom Roseanne had a tumultuous relationship.
This episode sort of reunites Jay R. Ferguson and Lindsey Kraft, who starred on "Living Biblically," with Sara Gilbert, which was co-produced by semi-regular Johnny Galecki. (Sort of in that they have no scenes together.)