[2] In this episode, George gets a new job and preferential treatment due to his co-workers mistakenly thinking he has a physical disability, Kramer rubs butter all over his body and accidentally burns it into his skin, and Elaine and David Puddy break up at the tail end of a European vacation, forcing them to endure an uncomfortable transatlantic flight together.
Over the summer George, Jerry, and Kramer grew mustaches; they admit it was a bad idea, and shave them off.
He gets a job with a playground equipment company, Play Now, because they think he is disabled due to his use of the cane and are afraid of appearing prejudiced.
Elaine's European vacation was written into the episode because actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus was on maternity leave and would not be back in time to shoot scenes with the rest of the regular cast.
[3] Over the summer break, multiple Seinfeld staff members had broken up with their long-term lovers during overseas vacations, inspiring the direction for the Elaine story.
[3] The rooftop scene where Kramer is discovered to have butter burned into him was filmed atop the CBS Studio Center commissary building, with a cityscape background added in post-production.
[3] The shot of Kramer as a cooked turkey was accomplished by shooting actor Michael Richards lying on a table, then using a blue screen to superimpose a real turkey, with a string tied around its wing and then pulled to make it "wave".
[5] The episode is dedicated to the memory of Brandon Tartikoff, NBC's President of Entertainment from 1981 to 1991, who died on August 27, 1997 (the same day the live audience portions of the episode were filmed) at the age of 48 after lifelong complications from Hodgkin's lymphoma.