While Mort's wife Adele is never actually seen in the series, she can be heard in this episode telling him to come to bed.
The first appearance of Sheriff Metzger's new Deputy Andy Broom. Louis Herthum had previously played Wilber in episode Double Exposure (1989) and Deputy Kruger in episode The Error of Her Ways (1989)
The dedication in "Ashes, Ashes, Fall Down Dead" reads as follows: "To Mort, Stalwart Sheriff, Steadfast Friend".
J Michael Straczynski created and wrote Babylon 5, Marjorie Monaghan also played a recurring character in Babylon 5.