This is the first episode where Karen uses her alias, Anastasia Beaverhausen.
First appearance of bartender Smitty. In Tea and a Total Lack of Sympathy (2000), he is played by David St. James. In all other episodes he is played by Charles C. Stevenson Jr..
The song Will sings to Karen in the hotel bar is Olivia Newton-John's "I Honestly Love You" from 1974.