Amanda Carlin, who plays the loan manager, is the daughter of Frances Sternhagen who played Esther Clavin.
Carla always wears exotic earrings. During part of this episode her earrings are cigarettes, which is important to the story.
Bebe Neuwirth does not appear in this episode. Her name is removed from the opening credits.
The title refers to the Han Christian Andersen fairy tale of the same name.
Woody hints that an ancestor was the infamous Mrs. O'Leary of Chicago, whose cow kicked over a lantern and caused the great fire of 1871.