Not counting the opening monologue by the narrator, the first act of the episode is known to lack dialogue.
Although this episode premiered in 2001, it was produced in 2000 according to the credits.
This episode was produced before "The Headsuckers Moxy/Equal Fights", but aired after it before the next episode "Moral Decay/Meet the Beat-Alls", the last third season episode in production order, aired as episode twelve.