The idea for the script was based on a true story about a youth club that was given a grant from the local council to do filming, but all the equipment and money shortly disappeared.
This episode marks the first mention of the Driscoll Brothers, who don't appear until "Little Problems (1989)".
In 1974 there was a movie starring Gene Wilder called "Rhinoceros" where there was a Rhino loose in the city.