Crispin Glover guest stars. Both he and Michael J. Fox would work together again in "Back to the Future" (1985).
The drinking age for West Virginia was raised back to 21 years of age in 1986, two years after this episode aired.
Alex, pretending to be a colonel in the Air Force to impress his date, says he'll be attacking Canada in the morning. This is something of an inside joke, as Michael J. Fox was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.