Episode has a cameo by John Cleese whose character bears a striking resemblance to Dick. Cleese said in interview on whom would be cast as a "John Cleese type" in place of himself: "John Lithgow. Often people said he's the American John Cleese. Or more often, they said I'm the English John Lithgow. I loved doing '3rd Rock From The Sun' with him."
Tommy's longer hair in the beginning of the episode is a wig.
First episode of the series where Tommy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) sports a shorter hairstyle so as to look like an "average" boy not "like a girl."
Tommy's haircut is most likely due to Joseph Gordon-Levitt's filming the movie "10 Things I Hate About You" (1999).