This episode has an interesting (and rare for this series) reference to social issues of the time (1977). Doc (James Bond III) shows the gang his newest invention, the GTX SkateMobile, which he claims will "solve the energy problems" and be "100% non-polluting". He asks Frankie (Matthew Labyorteaux) to take a picture, because he wants to "send it to the president." Unfortunately, Doc picks it up for a better position in the photo, and it falls apart. Frankie quips, "Instead of the president, you better send it to Ralph Nader."
This is one of three episodes making up the story about the men planning a museum robbery using a chimpanzee. These were filmed at the Old (abandoned) Los Angeles Zoo in Griffith Park, and on Clinton Street on the Southern edge of Raleigh Studios, Los Angeles (Hollywood), California, between Van Ness Avenue and Irving Avenue.