Jerry Seinfeld, in an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) the night before the episode aired, declared "The Pothole" to be one of the best episodes of the series.
Actor Arthur Burghardt, for whom the fictive expressway is named, made his movie debut in "Network" (1976), in the role of the Great Ahmed Kahn.
Kristin Davis plays Jenna in this episode. She originally auditioned for the part of Sister Roberta in episode 5:11, "The Conversation," but lost out to Molly Hagan.