Guest stars Richard Stahl and Kathryn Ish, who played snooty couple Marshall and Vivien Stewart, were married in real life. Also their characters made several references to their daughters, "Binky and Allegra". In real life they had a daughter named Allegra.
Cyndi Grecco, the vocalist of the show's hit theme song "Making our Dreams Come True" was singing in a band at 6 Flags Magic Mountain near Los Angeles when composer Charlie Fox accidentally heard her and offered her the job
The first of only two times where Garry Marshall directed the pilot episode of his show. The second instance was Blansky's Beauties.