Actress Patricia Richardson's husband, Ray Baker, was a Tool Time audience member in the opening segment.
One of the first appearances of Pete Bilker, Dwayne Hoover, and Rock Lannigan, the guys from K & B Construction.
According to the title, the term "flying saucer" applied to objects observed in the sky that were thought to be extraterrestrially described as two sauces (one inverted) beginning in 1947. However, they are referred to as U.F.O's or unidentified flying objects.
As one of the themes of this episode, older brothers Brad and Randy trick their younger brother, Mark, into thinking their family are aliens. However, when their parents find out, they help Mark get revenge on Brad and Randy posing as aliens and space creatures. Tim Allen would later famously star in Toy Story as Buzz Lightyear, the space ranger.