First appearance of Sopranos' neighbors Dr. Bruce and Jean Cusamano, Jean is played by Saundra Santiago, who holds the distinction of being one of only three The Sopranos (1999) cast members who ended up playing dual roles in the series--in her case her twin sister Joan Cusamano.
When Carmela is looking at a newspaper article, the name "Peter Kelly" is in bold black letters. Peter G. Kelly was the show's set production assistant.
Paulie "Walnuts" makes two references to Colombian prominent figures in the first act of this episode: first Pablo Escobar, drug kingpin in the 1980 decade. And second, Juan Valdez, the coffee grower who aside with his mule/donkey is the worldwide trademark of Cafe de Colombia.
This is the only episode of the series directed by Matthew Penn. It is also the only one (co-) written by Joe Bosso, a musician and journalist who edited Guitar World magazine and was the A&R vice president at Island Records.
The song played during the ending credits is performed by the episodes fictional band, "Defiler," made up of Gregg Wattenberg and Nick Fowler.