Chris Pratt does his own singing and guitar playing. He also wrote the song "Ann" for the finale of the first season.
It is revealed from the photo he shows that Leslie's date is the father of Lawrence, the neighbor who torments Andy.
The list of band names was originally an improvisation Chris Pratt created when he auditioned for the role of Andy.
In order to spend more time over his directorial debut on this episode, Michael Schur was forced to pull out of a guest appearance in The Office (2005) season finale Company Picnic (2009). His recurring character as Dwight's cousin Mose was replaced for that episode by a nearly identical character to Dwight, named Rolf (James Urbaniak).
Andy's band Scarecrow Boat (later Mouse Rat) was supposed to pretend to play and sing to pre-recorded songs. While playing the scene live for DVD extras, the crew decided the jam band sound worked well, so the songs in the episode are performed live.