This episode was set during Minnesota State's only bye week of the 1991 football season.
Art Hipke secured Luther Van Dam (Jerry Van Dyke) tickets to the World Tool and Heavy Object Juggling semi-finals in Chicago. In addition to being a dentist, barber, and jeweler, Hipke managed the challenger, Bronco Putnam.
Barbara (Lee Garlington) wrote a syndicated newspaper column titled "Independent Woman" which was distributed to 200+ outlets.
Barbara (Lee Garlington) was married three times and had been dating Mark, the new employee at the television station where Christine Armstrong (Shelley Fabares) worked.