According to Isabel Sanford, The Aunt referred to by Lionel was originally intended to be the sister of Louise who she mentioned. Ultimately it was decided not to include such a character. Sanford added that she was originally called to read for the part of Louise's sister, before being called back to read for Louise herself (possibly an actress had already been chosen to play Louise, but it fell through).
Vincent Gardenia, who plays Jim Bowman, would later join the cast in the role of Archie's Italian-American neighbor "Frank Lorenzo".
Archie and friends come up with a scheme to pool their resources and buy the house from the Jeffersons, offering them a $2000 profit, then putting the house up for sale to more "suitable" potential neighbors. It would be quite uncharacteristic for working-class Archie and friends to come up with that kind of cash to hand over to the Jeffersons. Mike commented on a future episode regarding Archie's friends - "Any one of those guys would have to give an IOU to a mugger".
At the beginning of this episode Archie is seen reading the same copy of The Daily News as he was in the previous episode, " Mike's Hippie Friends Come to Visit".