Bebe Neuwirth won the Emmy for Supporting Actress In A Comedy for this episode. Her first time nominated, she was up against co-star Rhea Perlman. The following year, they were both up for the same award with Bebe repeating the success of the year before.
During an exterior shot of Cheers, Cliff is walking among the extras.
While teasing Rebecca, Woody claims that he loves Snowballs, the Hostess snack by the same company that made Twinkies. Woody Harrelson would go on to play a character in Zombieland (2009) with an intense hatred for Snowballs.
Frederick was born in S8/E6 (November 1989), speaks his first work in S9/E7 (November 1990) and is four months from beginning kindergarten in S09/E24 ((April 1991). In "TV time" four and a half years is compressed into one and a half.