Elyse says that she may act like Steven when she gets to be his age. In reality, Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter are the same exact age, both being born on the same day of the same year.
The title comes from the classic romance An Affair to Remember (1957) starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr.
John Hancock and Judith Light would go on to work together again in Who's the Boss?