Episode title is a pun of the movie A Fistful of Dollars (1964), a tongue-in-cheek reference to the extreme violence in that film and the playground scuffles of the episode.
Susan Olsen hates this episode.
Christopher Knight and his older brother were involved in a fight two days prior to his scenes being filmed, where Knight was punched on the nose. His nose would not stop bleeding, so he was taken to a doctor who cauterized the broken blood vessel. Unfortunately, the side effect of this was that the tip of the nose (and upper lip) would turn black temporarily.
When his scenes were to be filmed, the makeup artists tried to cover the darkened skin with makeup, resulting in a grayish color of the skin, which is visible in most scenes with the bully, Buddy Hinton.
When his scenes were to be filmed, the makeup artists tried to cover the darkened skin with makeup, resulting in a grayish color of the skin, which is visible in most scenes with the bully, Buddy Hinton.