The kid Billy is the one who says the famous line "Oh boy" instead of Sam.
Sam leaps into a man named "Doc" who has to take care of the pig mascot. In season 1 episode "How the Tess was won" Sam leaped into a man named "Doc" who takes care of a pig.
This episode takes place in Galveston, Texas from August 6 to August 8, 1961.
In the original history, Lester "Doc" Fuller drank himself to death.
In this story, Casey Sander plays Warren Monroe, the estranged father of Chucky Myerwich (Neal McDonough). In real life, Sander is only 9 years older than McDonough.