Development Hell: "The Camping Episode" was originally developed and written for Season 2, but due to complications involving the plot, production on it was pushed back a season later. To put it into perspective, "The Campfire Song Song" was recorded on the exact same day that "This Grill is Not a Home" was recorded.
What Could Have Been: According toDan Povenmire, Patrick failing to keep up with the lyrics in "The Campfire Song Song" was part of the song's first draft, with a second draft being made to have him instead scream, "letters, letters, letters," before the team went back to the first draft for the final cut. Povenmire himself found the prospect of Patrick saying, "letters, letters, letters," to be funnier than what made it into the episode.
Working Title: The generic title of "The Camping Episode" is a safer version of the original title, which was "Squid Gets Mauled".
Dan Povenmire, Patrick failing to keep up with the lyrics in "The Campfire Song Song" was part of the song's first draft, with a second draft being made to have him instead scream, "letters, letters, letters," before the team went back to the first draft for the final cut. Povenmire himself found the prospect of Patrick saying, "letters, letters, letters," to be funnier than what made it into the episode.