Harold Gould plays Betty White's boyfriend, Arnie Peterson, in this episode. Gould would later return in more episodes playing a completely different love interest of White's named Miles Weber.
According to Golden Girls Forever, Betty White submitted this episode for the 1986 Primetime Emmy Awards when she was nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series category. She won.
The Glen Miller recording that Arnie and Rose dance to is the same recording that Miles, Rose, and the three other girls and their partners dance to later in the series. Arnie and Miles are both played by Harold Gould.
First episode to feature a character's name in the episode title: Rose.
A fan theory suggests that Geoffrey Peterson, the brother of Arnie's whom Blanche begrudgingly dates in this episode, is actually Miles Weber. When Rose dates Miles later on, Blanche & Rose don't realize it's the same guy because Miles, as it's revealed later on, is in the witness protection program and his name/bio is completely different.