Abigail Carlyle is played by Brooke Adams, who is Tony Shalhoub's wife in real life. She also played a role in S1:E12 "Mr. Monk and the Airplane (2002)."
The "Here's What Happed" segment is told from a unique perspective. Monk is telling it as a bedtime story to Tommy as they are reading a storybook together, with the pictures of the story corresponding to Tommy & Monk. There is also no black & white scenes for this segment, which is unlike the rest of the similar segments.
Randy Newman's "It's a Jungle Out There" became the show's theme song at the beginning of season 2 and was played for the intro and closing of each episode thereafter. This episode was one of the rare times the song is not played during the closing credits.
The Astro Family Diner, the filming location for the scene of Monk and Natalie's stake-out, was later used in the 2022 Geico commercial Twins.