The plot is the pilot for the television series The Jeffersons (1975), which was the last of the 1970s Norman Lear spin-offs to leave the airwaves (July 2, 1985). A week after this episode originally aired, The Jeffersons' first episode followed All in the Family, the time slot for the new show's 13-episode first season.
Edith appears only in the first five minutes to say goodbye to George and Louise. Archie, Mike, and Gloria are not in this episode.
This was Franklin Cover's and Roxie Roker's first appearance as Tom and Helen Willis. The couple was originally portrayed by Charles Aidman and Kim Hamilton.
This marks the first appearances for the characters Harry Bentley and Ralph the Doorman.
George announces to Louise that they are leaving Queens for Manhattan in a limousine. But in the opening credits of The Jeffersons (1975), they arrive at their apartment building in a taxicab.