The title is based on the play "The Man Who Came to Dinner" written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman and opened on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre on October 16, 1939 and ran for 739 performances.
Bridget Hanley, who played Naomi's friend Needa Peterson, previously played Candy Pruitt on the TV series "Here Come the Brides" starring 1960s heart throb Bobby Sherman. She was married to E.W. Swackhamer, who was a prolific TV director (Columbo; Murder, She Wrote; Quincy, M.E; L.A Law)
The title of this episode is a reference to the 1942 movie titled, The Man Who Came to Dinner, which starred Bette Davis and Jimmy Durante