Tootie asks if real gang members are 'anything like the guys in Michael Jackson's "Beat It" video.' Additionally, fifty real-life Blood and Crip gang members were cast in the video.
A gentleman comes in asking for 50 centiliters of pasta salad. Mrs. Garrett only has pints and quarts. However, ironically, 50 centiliters is almost precisely 1 US pint (1.056 pints).
Originally scheduled for November 2, 1983.
The name of the fictional gang Kelly mentions is likely taken from the movie The Lords of Discipline (1983), which was released earlier in the year when this episode aired.