After filming the opening sequence, Michael Nesmith claimed he became seasick and sat out the rest of the episode.
Micky Dolenz was the voice of the parrot, in addition to his character briefly imitating the parrot.
This is the only Monkees episode which acknowledges that Davy Jones shares his name with the traditional boogeyman from English seafaring lore.
The captain of the "pirate" ship threatens to "Keelhaul" The Monkees. Keelhauling is a form of punishment and potential execution once meted out to sailors at sea. The sailor was tied to a line looped beneath the vessel, thrown overboard on one side of the ship, and dragged under the ship's keel, either from one side of the ship to the other, or the length of the ship (from bow to stern). While it is unclear how often this practice was actually carried out in historical naves, the common supposition is that keelhauling amounted to a sentence of either death by extreme torture, or minimally a physical trauma likely to permanently maim.
The group photo of the boys for the "The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees" album cover was taken during filming of this episode.