Dennis Becker (Joe Santos) is seen wearing bandages on his nose. This was not part of the script; Joe had undergone a nasal procedure, and was unable to remove the bandage, so an explanation for it was written into the story that Dennis had hit his face on a car dashboard when the vehicle suddenly stopped (driven by Lt. Chapman, to give the story a humorous spin).
Tracy Marquette drives a white 1978 Pontiac Trans Am in this episode
Corinne Camacho and Larry Linville had previously appeared in the M*A*S*H (1972) episode, "L.I.P. (Local Indigenous Personnel)", although they didn't appear in any scenes together. Linville starred in the series as Maj. Frank Burns, and Camacho guest starred as a love interest for Hawkeye, whom he turned down after discovering she was racist.