Joel Hodgson stayed up all night building the robots before the day of filming. His resulting sleepiness quickly became a character trait on the series.
Unlike later episodes, Joel is in space by his own volition. No mention is made of the mad scientists featured in the series.
This episode never aired, since it was just a half-hour concept demo for KTMA-TV management. A short clip was used in TV ads for the series, however.
Originally, Joel Hodgson and the Robots were simply going to watch the week's film and occasionally offer information about it. Joel credits Trace Beaulieu and J. Elvis Weinstein with the decision to riff on the films instead.