Lauri Hendler plays "Lauri" ( a character named after herself) a teenager who develops an unhealthy attraction to Jack in "The Crush". Hendler would go on to play Julie on the NBC 80s hit "Gimme a Break" for several seasons.
All the male actors who appeared on this episode are deceased. Steve Shaw was killed in a car accident in 1990 at the age of 25, Norman Fell died of cancer in 1998 at the age of 74 and John Ritter died in 2003 from a heart ailment at the age of 54.