The term "BFF - Best Friends Forever" which Phoebe says in this episode went so viral that it was added to some international dictionaries' databases such as Cambridge and Oxford, and it is still used widely.
Shots of Teri Garr walking are carefully avoided as she had a noticeable limp. She would later reveal that she suffered from multiple sclerosis.
When Matthew Perry was shown a scene from this episode (Chandler making fun of Rachel's hat) during a 2022 interview with Diane Sawyer (he was promoting his autobiography), he started to tear up. He explained that looking at himself during that point in his life made him want to go back in time and "help that guy". He went on to say (while referring to his former self as a different person) "In a weird way I feel so sorry for that guy. That's a guy that's out of control. I didn't know what was going on with me. I weighed 155lbs on my way to 128lbs. I feel too sorry for that guy. He's going through too much and.....it's me. And I remember that. And I didn't understand what was going on.
Ya, and I'm sorry and I'm so grateful to not be that anymore. (sighs) It's hard....it's hard to watch that."
The second of three episodes in the series where there are chairs and tables outside the front of Central Perk. The first was in "The One with the Breast Milk" (S2:E2). The third was in "The One with the Jellyfish" (S4:E1)
According to Teri Garr, series creator/producer Marta Kauffman asked her to play Phoebe Sr. as a nudist because of her free-spirited lifestyle (obviously it would only be implied through careful camera angles). Garr agreed to do the erotic pottery and suggestive dialogue but refused to imply total nudity.