Carla says she hopes to see the Red Sox in the World Series before she dies. The Red Sox would lose the series to the NY Mets two years later but win it all almost exactly 20 years after this episode aired.
Ellen Regan, the girl who rejects Sam, played the wife of humble hick John Burns, the first season regular on the show TAXI by the same producers.
This Episode Aired The Week of the 1984 presidential Election