Shortly before the episode aired, NBC hired 200 part-time operators to take what they expected would be a flood of phone complaints for portraying a lesbian wedding. They only received eleven calls.
In one scene, Rachel said if her mother wanted to be like her she should consider copying her hairstyle. Besides the line being a jab at the trend of copying the "Rachel haircut" during the 1990s, nearly 30 years earlier Marlo Thomas (Sandra Green) became famous for a hairstyle that girls were trying to emulate when she starred on That Girl (1966).
Marlo Thomas (Sandra Green) received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her work in this episode.
Costume/Prop Tie-in: When Phoebe first tells the gang about Mrs. Adelman's spirit "coming into her," Phoebe is wearing an ankh around her neck, an Egyptian symbol for eternal life.
This is one of rare same-sex weddings to be featured in a television show.