Kramer (Michael Richards) makes his first sliding entrance in this episode. According to Richards, he was late on his cue so he compensated by coming in very fast. When the audience laughed, he decided to keep the sliding entrance and it eventually became a trademark.
The idea for the episode was inspired by Jerry Seinfeld's real-life experience of his apartment being robbed when he was a student. Instead of the door being unlocked as it was in the episode, the burglars broke through the wall. Seinfeld has since commented that it was like being robbed by Superman.
While warming up the audience, Jerry Seinfeld improvised the routine about getting the middle finger. It worked so well that it was used in the opening stand-up segment instead of his prepared material.
Co-creator of the series Larry David was given a $20,000 bonus by Castle Rock and was promoted to executive producer for his work on the episode.