Though their characters never meet, Jean Stapleton (Helen Branigan) and John Putch (Jason Matthews) are mother and son in real life.
An early scene shows Judy as she starts to climb on one of the pyramids. Climbing the pyramids has been forbidden by the Egyptian government since 1951 and violators could face up to a three-year prison sentence, although in reality the prohibition wasn't often enforced. Finally, in 2019, changes to the antiquities protection statutes officially made climbing on antiquities like the Pyramids or the Sphinx without proper authorization a criminal offense.
This episode reunites Gavin MacLeod with his former The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) co-star Valerie Harper.