This episode served as a pilot for a proposed spin-off series titled "Huggy Bear and the Turkey" but a series was not ordered.
This is the only episode to mention Huggy Bear's last name: Brown.
The title of the book the bad guy in the back of the car is reading "The Art of Liking Yourself". Apparently, there is no such book title, it is fictitious.
The Scene where Huggy Bear is teaching J.D. "Turkey" Turquet to speak "Black" is similar to the scene between Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor in "Silver Streak"(1976).