Buddy Ebsen appeared in just 22 episodes, joining the series as Matts uncle Roy for its third and final season.
The vehicle that Houston drove during the series was a 1982 Excalibur Phaeton IV. Two were purchased for use in the production, after the studio picked up the series. The cost of the vehicles was $50,800 each. In the pilot episode, Houston drove a 1980 Sparks Roadster (an Excalibur Kit Car).
When Matt and CJ are in the office looking at their video computer, each time they hit a button, a short sound effect is played. The sound effect is the same effect (albeit edited) which is used as the bridge background effect in Star Trek-The Original Series.
Spoofed in Mad Magazine as "Matt Houstink".