Everyone sitting around the bar tries to name the "sweatiest movie of all time". The actors throw out suggestions and Cliff (John Ratzenberger) suggests Body Heat (1981). One of the supporting actors in that movie was Ted Danson, and just after the movie is mentioned, the camera focuses on Danson.
According to writer/director James Burrows, during the first audience run-through of the show, Norm entered the bar and said, "Afternoon, everybody", and Sam responded, "What do you know?" Norm answered, "Not enough.", and to the crew's surprise, this simple, straight phrase got a huge laugh. "It was a great surprise that the audience laughed," Burrows wrote, "and not so great because it made his entrances harder to write."
It won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series.
An elderly woman, "Mrs. Littlefield", can be seen among the bar patrons. She was intended to be a recurring character, but her lines were deleted, and the character was dropped.
Danny Simon used to screen this pilot for comedy writing classes as an example of great comedy writing. He had high praise for Shelley Long, calling her the best comic actress since Carole Lombard.