This episode shows for the first and possibly only time the Hartley's car, a 1975 Chevrolet Monte Carlo which is Gold with a Black vinyl roof and Black interior Illinois license plate number BQ7583 we also see Howard Borden's car a 1975 Maroon Datsun 240Z Illinois license plate number R05324.
Jerry compares Bob to Steve McQueen; Bob Newhart had appeared in the Steve McQueen war film Hell Is For Heroes.
The title comes from a quote in William Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice": Tarry a little, there is something else. This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood. The words expressly are "a pound of flesh."
This Episode Aired on the 30th Anniversary of the End of the Battle of the Bulge in WWII