Distant scenes and overviews of the city were filmed in Astoria, Oregon.
The title is from a children's nursery rhyme, and Star Bright was the title of the project that preceded Project Quantum Leap.
The town scenes around 15 minutes in are the same as Cabot Cove of "Murder She Wrote".
Sam's parents' full names are John Samuel Beckett and Thelma Louise Beckett.
Maxwell says to his grandson that he would hear Jimi Hendrix play within the year at Woodstock. Woodstock doesn't happen for another three years in 1969.