Although Tootie's mother occasionally appears throughout the series, this is the only appearance of Tootie's father, Mr. Ramsey, on the show, but Tootie does mention him.
Tootie's dad wants her to be a lawyer and Blair says she wants to become an actress. Blair is the one who becomes a lawyer and Tootie is the one who becomes an actress.
In this episode Natalie (Mindy Cohen) mentions her sister is speaking at the career day festivities. The sister is never mentioned again and Natalue states many times hereafter that she is an only child.
At 2:59 in as Mr. Bradley enters the dorm, the actor playing Tootie's dad is right behind him & appears to be bouncing around just before he enters (part of him can be seen in the left side of the doorway.