Keith Thibodeaux makes his final appearance as Johnny Paul Jason. After this episode was filmed, Keith Thibodeaux parents separated and Keith moved back to Louisiana with his mother, where he was originally from. That's why Johnny Paul Jason doesn't make an appearance in the series after this episode.
This episode is the eighth and final episode Ronda Jeter appears in. In season 6, she played Sharon Porter. In season 5, she played Sharon McCall. In season 4, she played Ethel. In season 3, she played Karen Burgess.
Opie's fear of dancing was not far removed from Ronnie Howard personally. He admitted in later adult interviews that he had no sense of rhythm. This becomes evident in the episode "Opie and Mike" where he's required to dance on screen in a couple of scenes.
Throughout the series the prop newspapers that the town residents are seen reading range from blank sheets of paper shot from a distance, papers with no photos or headlines on them, small nondescript tabloids, and in this episode a full-sized newspaper containing plenty of photos, and the word "Mayberry" clearly visible on the masthead.