Nancy Cartwright said in an interview with The Pantagraph that she really wanted Meryl Streep's autograph, but was afraid to ask for it. After the recording session, Streep tapped Cartwright on the shoulder, and said her kids were big fans and that she would be in "big trouble" if she did not get Cartwright's autograph.
Nancy Cartwright was a huge fan of Meryl Streep and she assumed that Streep would record her lines individually, but all of their recordings were done together. Streep showed up alone with no entourage at the Village Recorder in West Los Angeles at 2:30 p.m., where she recorded her parts with Cartwright. Streep was continually doing many different versions of her lines.
The idea for the ending of the episode was to have none of the characters learn anything from the experience.
David Mirkin originally had the idea of Bart having a girlfriend that was more evil than he was. Mirkin gave the idea to Jonathan Collier to write it with the help of James L. Brooks. Collier said later that he thought it was a case of Brooks coming up with good ideas and him "giggling obsequiously".
Matt Groening felt that Jessica Lovejoy was hard to draw in his own style but at the same time make her attractive. Julie Kavner was particularly impressed by the eyes.