The title of the episode loosely translates to "and yet it moves", and is reportedly what Galileo Galilei said after being forced to recant his claim that the Earth moves around the Sun.
During the filming of this episode, PBS also filmed Stockard Channing, Allison Janney, and Lily Tomlin dancing to the song Dance Myself to Sleep for their special Sesame Street Presents: The Street We Live On (2004), which first aired on Sunday April 4, 2004.
Big Bird sits down next to C.J. Cregg, whose Secret Service code name is Flamingo (which is a big bird). KB351.