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The play that they go to the opening credits is Neil Simons "The Odd Couple".
"Family Matters" from the famous ABC TGIF line up was spun off from "Perfect Strangers". Harriet Winslow and later her husband Carl appeared on the show.
The name of Balki's beloved stuffed sheep is Dimitri.
Balki Bartokamous is from the fictional island of Mypos. The island of Mypos is possibly based off the real-life Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus. Also interestingly enough, the name Mypos is derived from the Greek word for "maybe".
The building used for the exterior shots of Larry and Balki's apartment for the first two seasons was the now non-existent Santa Rita Hotel, located at the south corner of S. Main St. and E. 11th St. in downtown Los Angeles, California. Since the series, the building has been remodeled and the upper stories removed. What remains of the building now houses several small shops and importers. Larry & Balki's second apartment as of March 2008: The apartment building seen in the exterior shots from seasons three through six is located at the northwest corner of West Dickens Avenue and North Clark Street in Lincoln Park, Chicago, and little has changed in appearance.
The photo contest from "Up on a Roof" prompted the invitation to the black-tie party. However, this episode featuring the party actually aired first.
This is the first (and longest) time we see the guys play boochi tag.
Although Balki talks about his father here, as he does a few other times, we only ever hear from or see Balki's mother, even when Balki and Larry later go to Mypos. No explanation is ever given as to where his father is.
This is the first time we meet another Appleton. Despite the fact Larry had 8 siblings, the only other one we ever see is his brother Billy.
Larry tells the story of how Elaine cut off all his hair, explaining this time that she was practicing for "Samson and Delilah". This story was also referenced earlier in "The Unnatural".
The photo contest Larry enters leads to the invitation to the black-tie event in "Tux For Two". However, the episodes aired out of sequence so that "Tux For Two" aired first.
While no mention is ever made of them moving, the guys are now living in a 2 bedroom apartment, in a different building as shown by the exterior shots.
The tapestry Balki shows Olivia, which he says was made by his sister Yanna, is the same one he made Larry for Christmas in "A Christmas Story". In later episodes, Balki would specifically say he never had brothers and sisters.
Belita Moreno, who had previously portrayed Mrs. Twinkacetti, returns to the series as Lydia Markham, a co-worker at the Chronicle, in this episode.
Vince Lucas reappears in this episode, after Larry and Balki testified against him in the season 2 episode _"Perfect Strangers" Can I Get a Witness? (1986)_.
Yaya Biki yells "Balki" over the phone in exactly the same way as Balki's mother does in other episodes.
The stunts used in the scenes with the game show, "Risk it All" included "Sit on it", "Dueling Buckets", "Wheel of Schmutz", "Flyin' Chickens" and "Bobbing for Bananas", some of which were used on the kid's game show "Fun House" hosted by JD Roth. In fact, the entire game show set and set pieces were borrowed from the "Fun House" production (both shows were done by Warner Brothers). Pinchot and Linn-Baker oddly enough, did a promo for "Fun House" during it's Late '80's/Early '90's run.
A toilet brought out for a stunt is said to have been provided courtesy of Cunningham Hardware in Milwalkee, Wisconsin. This is the name (and location) of the hardware store that Howard Cunningham owned on "Happy Days" (1974)

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