Frank Schaeffer was played by Diedrich Bader for 2 episodes in Season 2, and by Robert Torti in this episode. Both actors would go on later to appear together on The Drew Carey Show (1995).
When Aunt Helen (Jenifer Lewis) lists Robert's finest qualities and why Vy shouldn't have left him, she asks "What's love got to do with it?" Jenifer Lewis played Zelma Bullock, mother of Tina Turner, in What's Love Got to Do with It (1993).
This was Will's Fantasy seeing his mother older in the future.
Royce Wallace, who played Aunt Eleanor, passed away on November 24, 1992. This episode first aired on December 14, 1992, only a few weeks after her passing.