During this episode, a phone-in poll was held in which viewers could vote whether Andy Kaufman should be allowed back on the show or if he should be banned for life. The result was 169,186 votes to keep Kaufman and 195,544 votes to ban him. Kaufman had come up with the idea of the poll but was very disappointed with the results.
In the recurring segment in which ordinary people are asked a question on the streets of New York, an uncredited Edward Asner appears. He was shooting the film Daniel (1983) around this time which would account for the hair and mustache.
In the "Brain Surgery" sketch, Julia Louis-Dreyfus wears the dress that will be the signature costume of Ana Gasteyer's Bobbi Mohan-Culp character in the future for the second time this season.