Simone Griffeth, who played Chrissy, had previously worked with Bea Arthur, playing her daughter in-law, on Arthur's short lived 1983 sitcom Amanda's By the Sea. According to Griffeth she was nervous working on this episode as Arthur had never really warmed to her when working on Amanda's By the Sea. Nevertheless, the episode went off without a hitch as the two worked together fine.
The glasses that Sophia (Estelle Getty) wears are Sophia Loren brand, first issued in 1976.
This episode is also known as "Stan's Return."