Guest star Elizabeth Berkley is best known for playing Jessie Spano on Saved by the Bell (1989), a character who dated an athlete often addressed by his surname, Slater. In this episode, Berkley's character lusts after an athlete (a surfer) who is often referred to by his surname, and is played by Kelly Slater.
Although they play high school students, Zahn McClarnon and Terri Ivens were both 25 at the time of filming, and Race Nelson was 29.
The police captain is played by John Wesley. About a year before, he appeared in the The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990) episode The Mother of All Battles (1991) as Dr. Hoover, another character who gets punched in the face.