Houston asks, "What in the name of Too Tall Jones is going on?" Ed 'Too Tall' Jones is a six-foot-nine-inch-tall former Dallas Cowboys football player whose career spanned 15 seasons (1974-1978, 1980-1989). His name was the inspiration for the series' recurring character Too Mean Malone (played by Rockne Tarkington).
The opening titles clip of an ATV crashing into a swimming pool was taken from this episode.
Sole series directorial effort by Hy Averback (1920-97), whose illustrious career included directing 20 episodes of M*A*S*H (1972) and a whopping 120 episodes of The Real McCoys (1957).