The Sam Weir "stink face" meme comes from this episode and he makes a series of them as his family is telling him what a beautiful body he has.
After the episode "I'm with the Band", the show was put on hiatus for nearly two months. It was then moved from Saturday nights to Monday.
At the 2000 Young Artist Awards, the series won the award for Best Family Television Series, Comedy. It also received a nomination for Best Performance in a Television Series by a Young Ensemble. John Francis Daley, Samm Levine, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Martin Starr, Sarah Hagan and Jarrett Lennon were included in the nomination.
This episode was originally scheduled to air 20 Nov 99.
After this airing, the series went on hiatus for nearly two months before moving from Saturdays (where it had picked up awful ratings) to Mondays.
Jason Segel (Nick) plays 'The Spirit of Radio' by Rush in this episode. He would later go on to star in I Love You, Man (2009), which mentions and features Rush. Segel and his co-star in that movie, Paul Rudd, would also make the short Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush (2011).