Erica Yoder appears as a physical education (PE) teacher in this episode. In Mr. Monk Goes Back to School (2003)(#2.1) she was an English teacher.
The sequence where Monk and Natalie travel via motorcycle to time the distance from Linda Fusco's house to the crime scene is set to "Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf. An excerpt from the same song was used in Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine (2004)(#3.9).