Betty White, Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty autographed the sun backdrop used in the episode and gave it to Alisan Porter.
In Golden Girls Forever, Edie McClurg said she hated running over Betty White's foot in the scene where she wheels Estelle Getty between the couch and the coffee table. It had been moved away from the couch during rehearsals, but not on tape night. Edie said she tried to get through as best she could, but added that Betty did a good job improvising, which allowed the take to still be of use in the episode.
The book Melissa reads from, with its distinctive cover, is the Grosset and Dunlap Illustrated Treasury of Children's Literature.
Nurse DeFarge is a literary reference to the character, Madame Defarge, from "A Tale of Two Cities." In the novel she plays an antagonist, similar to this episode.
Melissa is said to be 7. Alisan Porter was actually 10 when this episode aired.