When on the phone, Theo asks to speak with Condola. This episode aired on December 11, 1986, the same day Phylicia's daughter, Condola Rashad, was born.
As Cliff meets Tyrone and talks to him about Vanessa while Cliff is playing a game of cards. Jason Warwin (Tyrone) made Bill Cosby (Cliff) lose it when he mispronounced Cliff's surname as "Husstable." They filmed the scene three times because Jason Warwin kept mispronouncing Huxtable, making Bill Cosby crack up laughing.
Jason Bernard who played Sargent Stokes, despite playing an old army buddy of his father, was one year younger than Cosby.