In this episode, it is revealed that the young, blonde male often seen in the background in the newsroom is named Pete (played by J. Benjamin Chulay, son of John C. Chulay who was assistant director on this show/episode and on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961).
Ted Knight, Jerry Van Dyke, and Valerie Harper all appeared with Gavin MacLeod on "The Love Boat."
Gavan O'Herlihy, who plays Josh McBryde, was one of two actors who would later appear in nine episodes of Happy Days (1974) as the oldest child of Howard and Marion Cunningham, the infamous Chuck Cunningham. The other actor who played that role was Randolph Roberts. O'Herlihy was billed on this show with his first name misspelled as "Gavin" the same as one of his co-stars, Gavin MacLeod.
Wes is played by Jerry Van Dyke, the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore's on-screen husband in her previous series The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961).
Ted Baxter mentions "that king guy" with the name he find impossible to pronounce. Haile Selassie was the Emperor of Ethiopia.