Phil Bedard, one of the writers of this episode, was inspired to include a birdcage when he strolled past a neighbor’s front yard one morning and saw an old rusty birdcage sitting out on the curb.
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The bird in the cage was a taxidermy ordered from Australia.
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The character of Airman First Class Larry Bennett is named after one of the writers of the episode, Larry Lalonde (whose middle name is Bennett).
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The Tesla building in this episode is an actual mineral processing facility.
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The hunting bow in this episode was obtained from the same supplier that provides bows for the TV series Arrow.
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The main switch controlling the Tesla power is actually a device from an old steam ship called an “engine order telegraph”. It was used by the captain on the bridge to communicate with crew in other parts of the ship.
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Bob “Moondog” Black’s motorhome at the end of the episode is actually one of two duplicate motorhomes that was used to shoot interior motorhome scenes in prior episodes.