Grandma Matthews' real name is only said once very briefly. Amy calls her Bernice when hugging her.
Will Friedle revealed that the moment in which Eric meets Jessica (guest star Keri Russell) took more than ten takes, most of which were filmed without an audience and late at night, as Friedle had had trouble with the physicality of the scene. On the final take, Friedle added the yelling sound as Eric tosses the bag of fertilizer aside. According to Friedle, there are two laughs after that moment; the audience canned laughter and the real reaction from the crew and that the scene "changed the whole show" for him.
Episode title refers to the song "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" (i.e. gathers no moss AKA is not idle).
First episode to not feature the classroom. The episode takes place entirely at The Matthews home.
Shawn has very few lines for this episode. He never speaks in the cold open and then does not appear again until he and Alan return from the fishing trip.