The large black poodle Kelly brings to meet Tyrone really belonged to Jaclyn Smith. At the time, she owned two of those.
Natalie Core (Mrs. Mayhew) previously appeared as a different character in season two's Sammy Davis, Jr. Kidnap Caper (1977).
The title is based on the song "Home Sweet Home" composed by Englishman Sir Henry Bishop with lyrics by John Howard Payne and has been popular since the mid-nineteenth century.