Rob Reiner was missing from this episode due to him doing a guest role on a Rockford Files episode ("The No-Cut Contract" 1976)).
Frank Campanella (Officer Gorsky) previously portrayed Det. Sgt. Perkins in "Archie Sees a Mugging."
A very angry Edith snatches a donut out of the cop's mouth and opens the door to make him leave. As he walks out, she throws the donut at him. It obviously hits his upper back (off camera). Edith could have been arrested for assaulting a police officer.
Paulene Myers appears in this episode as a judge. She also plays a judge on the Quincy, M.E. episode "Expert in Murder" (1982), then later makes an appearance as a witness in court in My Cousin Vinny.
When the officer was going through the drawers and Archie's jacket looking for Archie's tear gas clearly the officer was breaking the law. The judge later dismisses the case for that reason.