Burt Reynold's reference to his "bad year for blondes" refers to his divorce from Loni Anderson a few months before the episode was filmed.
The title is the last line in the child's game and song "The Farmer in the Dell".
Kyle MacLachlan can be seen in the bar, dressed as a cowboy, as Ira enters. He is uncredited.
Tom Wopat is a country singer in real life too and this is him actually singing in this episode, although miming to it.
Didi Conn appears as the wife of Joe Piscopo in the cold open scene. However, she is not credited in this episode.