When B.A. and Murdock are about to leave on the garbage truck, Dwight Schultz obviously gives a cue, but Mr. T can't get the truck into gear. Schultz repeats the cue, then turns his head and grins quickly at Mr. T, who is obviously trying not to laugh. Schultz turns back and gives the cue again, and Mr. T finally gets the truck into gear.
The TV repair store is named "Triple-A T.V. Repair" after the "Triple A" nickname that Hannibal gave to Amy at the end of the pilot episode, when she revealed to him that her full name was Amy Amanda Allen.
Guest star Yaphet Kotto (Charlie Struthers) plays a role similar to the one he played a decade earlier as Kananga aka Mr. Big in the James Bond film Live and Let Die (1973).
Guest star Albert Popwell (Digger) would later this same year make his fourth and final appearance in the Dirty Harry film franchise, playing Harry Callahan's partner Horace King in Sudden Impact (1983).
Only the seventh episode and a second player from The Bad News Bears (1979) appears on the series: Billy Jayne (Nicky the Shoeshine Boy). The first Bad News Bear to appear was Meeno Peluce in Pros and Cons (1983), where he played Joey. Both Nicky and Joey were befriended and looked out for by Mr. T's B.A. Baracus.