Prior to his guest appearance, Prince told Zooey Deschanel that New Girl was the only television show he watched.
The episode is the sole television acting role of Prince, as well as his sole acting role outside of his own film projects. Prince had been known for regularly turning down all acting requests. This episode was conceived after Prince reached out to the producers and offered to guest star, being a fan of the show.
By far the most watched episode of the series with 26.3 million viewers, drawn from being the lead-out program of Super Bowl XLVIII.
A minor plot point bears a striking resemblance to an episode of The Cosby Show wherein Stevie Wonder's limo hits Denise's car, so he invites the whole family to a recording session as an apology.
In the episode Prince asked and feeds Jessica pancakes. In season 2 episode 5 of Chapelle Show, Charlie Murphy recalled a story about playing basketball with Prince after which he offers and serves Charlie and his guest pancakes. Prince didn't appear in the episode, Dave Chapelle portrayed Prince in the reenactment.