Real life siblings, Joaquin Phoenix and Summer Phoenix, play Jessica's great-nephew and great-niece.
When Richard Sanders's character tries to escape from the airport, actor John Mahoney ( Frasier (1993) ) can be seen in the background watching him run past.
Jessica Fletcher is shown autographing one of her books titled "Dirge for a Dead Dachshund."
The title references the phrase "We're off to see the Wizard", a line from a song from The Wizard of Oz (1939)