The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series. A contributing factor was Woody's knocking over and then carrying the bar stool when chasing Henri.
The title is a play on the term "coitus interruptus".
Referring to Cliff's interest in cryogenics, Frasier says that he does not necessarily "believe that Cliff's severed head will be brought back to life in the year 2278 ... but who knows? I mean, who can predict the future?" A little over a year later, Kelsey Grammer appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) (which takes place in the 24th century) in Cause and Effect (1992), as the captain of a starship that was caught in a time loop for decades; asked if he knows what year it is he replies, "Of course I do, it's 2278."