Romano reveals why he is so young a Vietnam War veteran: he entered the service at age 16 with a forged birth certificate. However, Adrian Zmed who plays him was 19 years old in 1973 when the war ended so he could have joined as early as March 14, 1972 which was his 18th birthday.
Guest star Rosemary Forsyth - like William Shatner a native of Montréal - had appeared in Shatner's precedent television series, guest starring in Jesse Who? (1975).