When Peter and Cynthia are going through Prof Beanes' yearbook, a page shows the school principal to be Sid Sheinberg. Sid was the head of Universal Studios, and helped Producer Steven Spielberg get his job making movies.
This episode runs for 43 minutes, as opposed to the usual 30 minutes for the episodes in this series. (See also The Mission (1985))
Mary Stuart Masterson and Scott Coffey would share the screen again in 1987's Some Kind of Wonderful.