The multi-talented singer, songwriter, and actor Paul Williams, who played Nelson Hoag in this episode, also wrote the lyrics for the Love Boat's iconic theme song.
Nelson Hoag says he is almost 25 years old. Actor Paul Williams was 37 when this episode first aired.
When Barbara Rhoades' character, Didi Donnelly, asks Gopher to be moved to another cabin he responds, 'the ship is booked to the gunnels.' a gunnel is defined as- A 'gunwale' is the upper side of a ship or boat or the uppermost planks of a wooden vessel. Originally, the gunwale of a ship was the part of the deck where the guns were mounted and the term was spelled gonne wale, meaning gun plank. Gunwale is pronounced GUNnull.
