The secret word in this episode is OKAY which is said 16 times and screamed at a series record 15 times.
The title of the sheet music the toy octo dog is playing on the toy piano is OCTO DOG BOP.
After filming this episode, because of to the Playhouse Gang actors' intolerable behavior off the set, Shaun Weiss, Natasha Lyonne and Diane Yang Kirk were all terminated from the show. The anger exhibited by Pee-wee Herman in this episode was in fact real. This was the playhouse gang's second-to-last appearance. This is also the only time a fourth member of the Playhouse Gang appeared. Calvert DeForest (an actor in his 60s) appeared as Rusty, his only appearance on the show.