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* Although Hayley and Klaus appear in this episode, they have no lines. In addition, Jeff Fischer is absent.
* This episode's music was not written by Walter Murphy nor Joel McNeely. The songs were written by Asa Taccone, brother of Jorm Taccone of The Lonely Island fame.
* Soon after the episode aired, the song "Daddy's Gone" was made available on iTunes.
* Executive producer Mike Barker revealed that there was a time that they thought that the show was not going to be renewed and thought that this was going to be the final episode. To quote Barker: "We thought, "What better way to end the series? Kill the main character!".http://www.hulu.com/watch/282278/american-dad-an-evening-with-american-dad-
* During the hot tub research montage, one of the newspaper articles shows Anne Flemming and Fussy from "Not Particularly Desperate Housewives".
* This episode was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program. It lost to The Penguins of Madagascar. <a href="http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/07/2012-emmy-awards-nominations-complete-list.html
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*</a> According to the DVD commentary, "Hot Tub of Love" was originally written for, and recorded by Seth MacFarlane. A last-minute decision resulted in Cee-Lo Green's performance.