Both Ron Glass and Helen Martin would appear on the Spinoff series Good Times. Ron Glass appeared as different characters in Season Two's "Crosstown Buses Run All Day, Doodah, Doodah" and "The Encyclopedia Hustle". Helen Martin had a recurring role as Wanda.
This was one of three episodes that served as the basis for the later spinoff series Good Times, which starred both Esther Rolle and John Amos and debuted in 1974.
When the spinoff Good Times was picked up by CBS in 1974, the character of Florida was written out of Maude and Gordy became a recurring character rather than a regular on The Mary Tyler Moore Show so that Esther Rolle and John Amos could play the leading roles, the same roles they play in this episode.