Features a return of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, one of the few spirits to appear in multiple episodes.
Writer Richard Mueller mentioned that the story was inspired by the Macy's Parade on Thanksgiving in New York.
This episode features the short-lived airlock for the Containment Unit. It blows up when the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is released.
Both the balloon and the ghost of Murray the Mantis had only four legs, while real Praying mantis' have six.
In the episode, Ray was still an unlicensed pilot.