This is the first of nine episodes in which Redd Foxx does not appear due to his conflicts with series producers Bud Yorkin and Norman Lear. Foxx is missing from the third season's final six episodes. The series pressed on with Fred's best friend Grady Wilson stepping in to serve as guardian for the 32-year-old Lamont. Redd returned in the fourth season after the first three were filmed without him ("Fred' Treasure Garden" (1974), "A Little Extra Security" (1974) and "Once a Thief" (1974)), then remained until the end of the series.