This episode was a pilot for a proposed spin-off series that was not picked up.
The elderly couple sitting in the diner are real life-husband and wife Jean Speegle Howard and Rance Howard. They are Ron Howard's parents.
In this episode, Kelly (Christina Applegate) watches Friends (1994). Matt LeBlanc, who played Joey on "Friends", guest-starred on several episodes of this show and Applegate would go on to guest-star on "Friends".
Alan Thicke guest stars as "Henry". He would guest star again one year later playing a different character named "Bruce".
When Marcy and Jefferson are sitting at the lunch counter talking to the fry cook, two Pepto-Bismol bottles are at each end of the condiment tray.