The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore).
Sole series appearance by once ubiquitous character actor Al Checco as the food deliveryman who offers the unsolicited opinion--to Cliff's chagrin--that he would vote for J.R. to be president.
The first show broadcast in 1983 also boasts the first appearance of John Beck as Mark Graison. Beck was listed in the opening credits after Audrey Landers, which testifies he was intended from the beginning to be much more than a one-time or occasionally recurring character. Beck will appear in 67 episodes over a four-season span.