This is one of the rare episodes where neither Monk's or Jerry's (Jerry Seinfeld) apartment are shown.
Rick the Salesman and Kramer's linking hands as they risk driving on a near-empty tank of gas parodies the risk-taking scene at the end of "Thelma and Louise."
This episode was the first to air after Jerry Seinfeld announced on December 26, 1997, the series would end in May.
The "who is this?" joke has been used previously in the episodes 8.3 The Bizarro Jerry (1996), 8.7 The Checks (1996), and 8.18 The Nap (1997).
When Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) calls Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) to beg her to get back together with Puddy (Patrick Warburton), in order to save money on the car he's buying, Elaine responds with Jerry's familiar "who is this?"