James Darren had previously appeared on the show playing another pop star. This episode started a small trend on the show, where a new song was introduced by the record label owned by the studio. In this case "Goodbye Cruel World" was introduced and it helped the song reach #3 in the charts, which would be the biggest hit of Darren's career. A few months later, in "Donna's Prima Donna," Shelley Fabares would introduce her song "Johnny Angel," which would reach #1 in the charts. (For good measure, the song would be repeated on two more episodes.) Later on Paul Petersen would do the same with his song "She Can't Find her Keys."