Lines from this movie were sampled in the song "Party of the First Part" by the band Bauhaus.
Over 40,000 animation cels were used to make this TV special.
In 1983, Denyse Plummer released a cover of the film's original song "Look Where the Music Can Take You."
The thunderclap sound effect that appears during the opening title is the same sound effect used for the opening title of 1981's "Heavy Metal".