Chad McQueen was offered the chance to reprise his role of Dutch, but he turned it down. In order to explain his absence, Dutch was written as being in prison.
Ron Thomas, who played Cobra Kai member Bobby Brown, is a Sensei in real life and a former world martial art champion.
Not only was Rob Garrison in the original Karate Kid as one of Johnny's friends, but he was also in Iron Eagle, which is Johnny's favorite movie.
The episode title is taken from a scene in The Karate Kid (1984), when the Cobra Kai gang rode their bikes at the beach and Tommy told Johnny to look over the right side where Ali and Daniel were at a campfire.
According to this episode, the events in Karate Kid Part III take place during 1985.