Doctor Wen posts a sheet of the best Surgical Residents. Numbers six through ten are all production assistants of some sort on the show,#5 Ken Whittingham is the director of the episode. #6 John 'Johnny O' Ornelas is the assistant property master. #7 Mark Stegemann is a producer, but also writer of the episode. #8 John Inwood is a recurring director and cinematographer for the series. #9 Liz Newman is a producer #10 "Franklyn Guttbutter" a riff on actual assistant Franklyn M. Gottbetter.
Maria Menounos plays a woman who is attracted to J.D. because of his hair. When this episode first aired, Maria was a spokesperson for Pantene hair care products and appeared in several of their commercials and print ads.