- As Himself: Clete Roberts.
- Cast the Expert: Clete Roberts, a real-life Korean War correspondent, plays a much older version of himself.
- Colbert Bump: Klinger's mention of Tony Packo's Hungarian hot dogs proved to give the restaurant a generous boost in popularity.
- First Appearance: Roberts would appear again in Season 7's "Our Finest Hour" and in the lone episode of the spinoff W*A*L*T*E*R.
- Ripped from the Headlines: The episode was inspired by actual television interviews with Korean soldiers during the war conducted by Edward R. Murrow.
- Throw It In!: The cast's responses were largely ad-libbed.
- What Could Have Been: Before his death, Larry Gelbart was an active participant in the alt.tv.mash newsgroup. Among the items he shared were what-if transcripts of interview segments for Trapper John, Col. Blake, and Col. Flagg had they been in the episode. They can be read here.
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