Though filmed in 1983, new scenes were filmed in early 1984 and directed by Ted Kotcheff that focused on the relationship between the Jackson's and their neighbors, played by Dick Shawn and Nita Talbot. They are credited at the beginning of the film, as well as the film's trailer, but not in the end credits.
Katherine Saltzburg and Brian Dennehy also starred together in the short-lived sitcom "Star of the Family" (1982).