Ms. Frost (Reta Shaw) announces she served as a colonel. In Jeannie and the Wild Pipchicks (1968), she played Colonel Finch.
Oscar says he wanted a maid like Mary Poppins, but instead he got the Beast from Bayonne (played by Reta Shaw). She appeared in Mary Poppins (1964).
Gary Marshall named the first nanny candidate Mrs Miller in the hopes the producers could persuade the Mrs Miller famous for attending TV show taping such as"Match Game" and "Merv Griffin" to play the part.