When first aired in America on MTV, the sound of Neil's snot-blowing was considered offensive and was censored. Instead, his "achoo" was looped over it.
Vyvyan rants about The Good Life (1975) and its star, "sugar-flavoured snot" Richard Briers. Nine years later, Adrian Edmondson played Briers' nephew in If You See God, Tell Him (1993).
Final television appearance of Peggy Thorpe-Bates before her forced retirement due to ill health. She appears with her real life husband, Brian Oulton,as Neil's mother and father.
Second appearance of Madness as the featured musical act. They also appeared in S1 E3 "Boring". Madness was the only group to appear twice.
Brian Damage is an anagram of brain damage.