Last TV role of Alan Thicke before he died in December of 2016.
Alan Thicke, who appears in this episode as Mike, starred for seven seasons in Growing Pains (1985) with Kirk Cameron, the real-life brother of Candace Cameron Bure (DJ Tanner). Coincidentally, Kirk also played a character named Mike.
The episode's sub-plot is a reference to an episode of The Brady Bunch where Greg wants to join the football team but Carol refuses fearing he might get injured.
Alan Thicke (Mike) died 4 days after this episode was first broadcast.