At one point Jim Anderson calls his youngest daughter "Louella." This is an allusion to the famous Hollywood gossip columnist Louella Parsons.
Jim Anderson is seen smoking cigarettes in this show because the sponsor was Kent Cigarettes.
The original opening of the show starts with Robert Young in the parlor of the home set, picking up a Kent cigarette and taking a drag as Jane Wyatt comes to greet him, then the giggling kids are seen on the stairs, all shots not seen in the syndicated versions. The announcer's voiceover is : "Kent! The only cigarette with the Micronite filter, Kent regular and the new king size Kent, present the story of a man, his home and his family, starring Robert Young and Jane Wyatt....with Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin in Father Knows Best."
Bud's girlfriend in this episode and the one in season 3 episode 1 were in an educational film together.