Lee Garlington, the woman buying the washer and dryer, would later come back and play Karen in season 4 in the episode Santa Claus as Darlene's much older friend.
The opening shot zooms out from the newspaper Sunday comics, specifically the February 19, 1989 "Bloom County" comic by Berkeley Breathed. Dan also mentions that he misses the comic Dondi, which was about a war-orphan (originally from WW2, then Korea, and finally Vietnam).
Writer Bill Pentland originally titled this episode "Life and Stuff." Roseanne insisted that the title be changed to "Death and Stuff."
Lee Garlington appears in this episode as Carole Karoszek. Two years later she appears again as Karen Miller in episode 4.12, Santa Claus (1991).
Corn Spotting; decorative corn can be seen