At the beginning of this season, Kelly is portrayed as a girl of reasonable intelligence (though she is often teased by Bud for her promiscuity and bleached hair).

By the end, however, her character obtains her trademark stupidity that will become both a plot device and comic focus for the rest of the series.

Michael Faustino (David's younger brother), makes the first of five guest appearances during the course of the series.

The actor, singer, and drag queen Divine was scheduled to tape a guest appearance on March 7, 1988, as Uncle Otto in the second season wrap-up episode "All in the Family".

Amanda Bearse, Christina Applegate and David Garrison each missed two episodes this season.