Katey Sagal guest stars as Eleanor Hale (Judy's mother) in this episode. Sagal and Christina Applegate (Jen) previously starred together in Married... with Children (1987).
Although Jen, Judy and others usually consume fictional liquor and cigarette brands, Jen resorts to the very much non-fictional (and much more potent than her usual glass of wine) Kettle One vodka while writing the letters to her family.