In this episode Harris Shore played Mr. Lippman. In other episodes Richard Fancy made this character his own.
Larry Charles hated the wigs Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) & George (Jason Alexander) wore for the JFK high school flashback scene, stating they looked cheap and distracting.
The rapid fire conversation about coffee between Jerry and Mr. Bookman, is a nod towards the monotone dialogue between Dragnet's Sgt. Joe Friday and his detective partner Officer Bill Gannon.
While it had been previously established that Elaine worked for Pendant Publishing, this is the first glimpse we get of her workplace.