The episode's title was pitched by Ron Hauge, who based it on the T-shirt slogan I'm with stupid. However, Hauge later found out that the title had already been used before for an episode of another television series. However, he did not believe that copyright issues would arise: "It's a very innocent mistake," Hauge said in the DVD commentary for the episode. "It is one of those things that, in the course of a career, you're gonna be on both sides of that, so nobody ever sues on it."
When Elton John says to Apu, "That's my name," and then mutters, "well, not really," this is a true fact. John's birth name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight.
During the scene where Apu and Manjula argue in Hindu, both characters speak the language accurately, as both Hank Azaria and Jan Hooks were given a phonetic transcription of their lines.
Because they knew it would air on Valentine's Day, Fox asked the staff to produce an episode related to the holiday. The episode's ending credits were also painted red in honor of the holiday.
Blackboard: "Hillbillies are people too".