Screen envoi for Marie Windsor, who over forty years previously had been screen castmates with "Murder, She Wrote" lead Angela Lansbury in The Three Musketeers (1948) in which Windsor had an uncredited but conspicuous role as lady-in-waiting to Lansbury's Queen Anne. Windsor had also previously guest starred in The Cemetery Vote (1987).
Three of the guest stars in this episode shared billing with Angela Lansbury in three of her earliest movies. Margaret O'Brien and Angela Lansbury starred in the movie Tenth Avenue Angel (1948). Terry Moore played young Paula in Angela's first movie Gaslight (1944). Marie Windsor played a lady in waiting to Angela's Queen Anne in The Three Musketeers (1948).
Jessica Fletcher can be seen with a Basset Hound. In Columbo (1971), Lt Columbo, also created by William Link and Richard Levinson, has a sometimes side-kick Basset Hound partner/pet named "Dog."
The famous American television movie series, Columbo (1971) starring Peter Falk, was created by William Link and Richard Levinson. Murder, She Wrote (1984) was also created by William Link, Richard Levinson, and including Peter S. Fischer.