At the end of the previous episode (The Radical (1978)), Wojo joked that Barney was probably wearing the same suit that he was wearing ten years ago. (The end joke was Barney commenting to himself that a good suit should be expected to last ten years.) At the beginning of this episode,Barney is wearing a new suit.
Walter Janovitz plays an owner of a toy company. In Monkee vs. Machine (1966), he plays Pop Harper, a longtime employee of a toy company.
Barney's wife, Liz is shown to be left-handed when she's writing. Barney is also left-handed.
Wojo (Max Gail) invites Barney (Hal Linden) over to his house for Christmas dinner, mentioning there would be alot of good games on television. On December 25th, 1978, the Peach Bowl had Purdue defeat Georgia Tech 41-21 and the Fiesta Bowl had Arkansas and UCLA play to a 10-10 tie.