This was Judith Barsi's final television appearance before she was murdered on July 25, 1988 at the age of 10.
In some syndicated versions of this episode, Ben is day dreaming that he is in a fox hole during a military battle. From behind him, a solider falls off a nearby rooftop while screaming. This sequence was later taken and made into the closing bumper for the Guntzelman Sullivan Marshall Production that appeared at the end of every episode.
Although Judith Barsi played 4 year old Carol, she was actually 9 when this episode was filmed.
Carol was said to be 4 in 1976 and so would be 16 in 1988, when Mike graduated, but in real life Tracey Gold was about 1 1/2 years older than Kirk Cameron.
In a flashback, we find out how Boner got his nickname. When meeting each other on the first day of school, Boner introduces himself as "Dickie" derived from his first name, Richard. Mike does not like the name and quickly comes up with "Boner" derived from his last name, Stabone.