During MeTV's "The Best By Farr" marathon Jamie Farr mentioned that as he was running through the field in high heels, the heels kept breaking at $35 a pair, so the director finally said, "He's in high weeds, no one will see his feet, put him in tennis shoes."
Both the women on the short wave radio (Laverne and the "cornbread lady") were played by Mary Kay Place, who also plays Lt. Simmons.
Alex Karras guest stars in this episode as Marine Lyle Wesson, who shows his appreciation for Hawkeye's saving his life by doing various over-the-top favors, one of which was picking up Major Burns and swinging him around Col. Blake's office after Burns mouthed off to Hawkeye one too many times. After this incident, Hawkeye chastises Wesson, to which Wesson replies, "Lyle bad. Do bad things." This references the part he played in Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles (1974), which opened in theaters the same year this episode aired.
This episode marked the acting reunion of Alan Alda and Alex Karras who both starred in the 1968 film "Paper Lion" about Sports Illustrated columnist George Plimpton's experiences playing for an NFL team. The team that Plimpton played for as a rookie Quarterback from Harvard University was the Detroit Lions. Alda portrayed Plimpton, and Karras was an active NFL defensive tackle.
While Father Mulcahy is telling Hawkeye about the patient who won't let go of the cat, a soldier dumping a bucket of water on another soldier is visible.