Helen Crump sings a solo for the first time while Andy plays his guitar on the porch.
Griffith is playing a different guitar than the one he'd used throughout the series. He also has a capo attached to the neck, which suggests that the chords he knows for the song needed to be adjusted to suit Aneta's key range.
Ronnie Dapo plays Opie's friend Pete. He appeared as Arnold Winkler in the season 3 episode "Opie and the Spoiled Kid" and the season 4 episode "The Haunted House."
Alvy Moore plays the kitchenware salesman. A familiar face in 60s comedies he will appear as Hank Kimball for the entire "Green Acres" series.