- Jerry Van Dyke was the first choice to play George Utley, but his audition for the role was unsuccessful.
- Larry always wears a quarter in his ear.
- Exterior scenes of the Stratford Inn were those of the Waybury Inn in Vermont.
- Early episodes of the show were videotaped, later episodes were filmed.
- The opening credits are outtakes of On Golden Pond (1981). If you look closely you can see Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn in the car.
- Julia Duffy was pregnant during several episodes of the show and had to hide her condition by wearing baggy clothes and standing behind furniture.
- Larry, Daryl and Daryl were supposed to be one time characters but the studio audience's reaction to their introduction was so spontaneous the producers used them again.