Partial "Dick Van Dyke Show" reunion with Richard Deacon (Mel), Rose Marie (Sally), Morey Amsterdam (Buddy) and Jerry Van Dyke (Stacy) all appearing in this episode.
Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, and Jerry Van Dyke all appeared on "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", and "The Love Boat."
Elaine Joyce appears in a separate sub-plot alongside William Aames as Danny Bricker. Elaine Joyce previously played Nancy Bricker, Danny's mother in Season 5, Episode 11.
"The Audition" segment, involving a director romancing an actor she has turned down for a role in one of her plays, is derived from the Joan Crawford film Sudden Fear (1952).