The episode was directed by Reza Badiyi and written by Nancy Steen and Neil Thompson.

The episode refers to Mommie Dearest (released by Paramount Pictures, whose television division produced Police Squad!

), where a Joan Crawford lookalike pays off the mob at the "Mommie Dearest Day Care Center".

[3] Dutch Genderson is a clear spoof on the James Bond character Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

He is introduced sitting in a chair stroking a cat, and his face is not initially revealed.

Two gangsters, later revealed as Rocky and Leo, collect protection money from several local shops.

Frank consults Johnny the Snitch, his go-to source of information, before meeting Dutch.

When going to the tailor's store, Leo and Rocky grab Frank and tell him that there has been a change of plans: they're hitting a dance teacher.