Making the Grade/The Gift/Doc's 'Ex' Change

The third of four episodes guest starring Sonny Bono (one of them being 2 hours long, later syndicated as separate episodes making for a total of five episodes by that measure), who along with series regular Fred Grandy would later serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, the two respectively for the California 44th District and the Iowa 6th and 5th Districts on successive terms. Ironiically, Grandy's time in office started on January 3, 1987 and ended on the day that Bono's term started on January 3, 1995, with Bono serving until his death in a skiing accident on January 5, 1998. During Grandy's time in office, Bono had served as the Mayor of Palm Springs, California, from April 1988 to April 1992. Both served as Republicans.

When Gopher and Buddy are speaking in the lobby, an extra in a brown leather jacket can be seen climbing the stairs behind Buddy. The next moment, that same extra can be seen walking in back of Gopher and Buddy on his way to the stairs.