Jennifer Garner and Stephen Colbert, both unknown actors at the time, first met when they had small roles in this episode. She was so broke at the time that she worked as a babysitter for Colbert and his wife until moving to Los Angeles the next year.
Michael J. Fox (Mike Flaherty) & J. Smith-Cameron (Lisa) also worked together on episode 7.8, Restraint (2015), of The Good Wife (2009), Louis Canning & Samara Steel respectively.
When Stuart takes the phone from James, the phone line disappears