Two of the actresses in this episode were later murdered: Rebecca Schaeffer (Miss Crowningshield) was shot by an obsessed fan named Robert John Bardo in the doorway of her West Hollywood apartment building on July 18, 1989 while Lana Clarkson (Ms. Allure) was shot by the record producer Phil Spector in his mansion in Alhambra, California on February 3, 2003.
This episode by inspired by a story from the EC Comics magazine Weird Tales #15 (September/October 1952) entitled "Miscalculation".
The model in the photo from Phil's second attempt is actress Jewel Shepard (uncredited).