Series star James Brolin and guest star Morgan Fairchild share a story together. Two years later they reunited to play the fictional movie (film within a film) versions of Pee Wee Herman (P.W. Herman) and Dottie in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985).
Guest star Pernell Roberts (Charles Stanton) appeared here between seasons four and five of his popular CBS medical drama Trapper John, M.D. (1979).
Shirley Jones' character Claire says she got married at 19 and had been married 19 years. This would make her character 38 years old. Jones was 49 when the show was filmed and appeared to be only slightly younger than her real age.