The role of Dot Carroll, played in the episode by Sharon Barr, was originally to be played by Elaine Stritch. Stritch left the role due to creative differences with producers. Barr was called in at the last minute after having played "Connie" in the episode Bidding on the Boys.
Also titled: Romancing the Crone.
Woody oddly did not appear in this episode. However, old bar patrons from past seasons that haven't appeared recently made appearances.
The big screen TV that is brought in is an internal projection model that takes the image from a smaller internal CRT and rear-projects it against the translucent front panel.