Ethan Embry and Dana Barron both played Griswold children. Prior to her appearance in this episode Barron had a decade earlier originated Audrey Griswold in Vacation (1983). Ethan Embry on the other hand would only a few years after this episode go on to be the fourth actor to portray Rusty Griswold in Vegas Vacation (1997).
Very oddly for this series, this episode features a cold open instead of the usual "Tonight on Murder, She Wrote".
Dana Barron played a high school student in this episode. In reality she was 29 years old.