In this episode, we learn that the population of Cicely was 839. This is a reference to the fact that the budget for each episode was $839,000.
This was the only time Buffalo Child portrayed Dave the Cook. From War and Peace (1991) on he was played by William J. White.
Before the episode's final draft, Ed's last name is established as Chigliak.
Shelly is from Saskatchewan, a province in Western Canada.
The episode name is word play of the 1989 film Sex, Lies, and Videotape.