Before the opening credits Pete and Myka get neutralized/ purple slimed, and Pete wipes goo off his face and flicks it at Myka. That whole bit of business, wiping, flicking, turn of head, and facial expression was a perfect mimicry of a classic Laurel and Hardy bit.
The village used for filming was not the town in Colorado but it was the actual village of Unionville in Ontario, Canada.
Joanne Kelly and Ivan Sergei had previously worked together in the Jack Hunter mini series.