Gloria (Linda Purl) mentions to Richie (Ron Howard) that this is their first date. But they had gone out in the previous episode, another indication that this episode had been filmed before the previous episode.
Richie (Ron Howard) dates Gloria ( Linda Purl) in this episode. Both actors played the child of Andy Griffith's most famous television characters, Andy Taylor and Matlock
The car Richie ends up owning, the red convertible, is the exact same one that Ralph drives into the car park of Arnold's in the season one episode "The Lemon"
Ritchie and Howard Cunningham buy a red 1953 Ford Crestline Sunliner (aka Love Bandit) from Fonzie.
Linda Purl is shown as Richie's date. Purl would be brought back in season 10 as Ashley Pfister and become Fonzie's girlfriend during this season.