In the 2015 documentary Misery Loves Comedy, Freddie Prinze Jr. (who was in the documentary to discuss the life, career, and death of his father, legendary comedian Freddie Prinze) said that when he booked his first-ever professional acting job on this show, he was so excited that he went directly from the audition location on the Warner Brothers lot to Forest Lawn Cemetery (which was behind Warner Brothers) to tell his father the news. Prinze Jr. played the character "Tough Guy" on the season six episode "The Gun," a "message" episode that tacked the issue of gun violence; his father Freddie Prinze Sr. died in 1977 at the age of 22 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The episode ends with a PSA from Jaleel White and Kellie-Shanygne Williams about the safety of gun violence.
Having a gun on school property is a felony and is punishable to up to 15 years in prison.