Ed Helms improvised the intensity of his Night at the Roxbury beat boxing, surprising the main cast (and several of them break character) as they had not been around when Helms had shot his previous scenes.
Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey both proclaimed Jim to be extremely "wishy-washy" in this episode, especially when he tells Pam that he is dating someone but not who and also by not telling Karen about his history with Pam. Fischer especially says that her impression was that Jim never truly regarded Karen as a woman he was dating until he was obligated to tell Pam.
Michael meets Rashida Jones' character for the first time and awkwardly comments, "Oh, you're exotic looking, was your father a G.I.?" (Jones is biracial.) Years later, life would imitate art when TNT correspondent Danielle Demski interviewed Jones on the red carpet at the 2015 SAG awards. The reporter commented to Jones that she looked "very tan" adding, "You look like you've just come off an island or something. You're very tan. Very tropical." Not wishing to embarrass Demski, Jones graciously accepted the compliment, but pointed out she was "ethnic."
Dwight is wearing a Rock 107 t-shirt in his and Michael's music video "Lazy Scranton." Rock 107 is a local classic rock station for the area.
Brent Forrester's first writing episode. He stated on Office Ladies podcast that his first draft was instantly rejected as he tried to give funny remarks to every character as was the custom on his previous job, The Simpsons. Michael Schur, the show-runner, had some of the veteran writers such as Lieberstein and Kaling help him with how the comedy comes from the grounded nature of the characters.