This episode was part of a special crossover night with other shows in the TGIF programming block., beginning with the Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996) episode Inna-Gadda-Sabrina (1997), which featured Salem transporting the cast to the 1960s; followed by the Boy Meets World (1993) episode No Guts, No Cory (1997), set in the 1940s; the You Wish (1997) episode Genie Without a Cause (1997), set in the 1950s; and finally,"One Dog Night," set in the 1970s.
To cheer up her sister, Judy (Maureen McCormick) proclaims that they're canceling Donny and Marie (1975). In real life, McCormick guest-starred on the Osmonds' show in October 1976, and then the siblings appeared alongside her a month later in the pilot of The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1976).