The episode was written by Conan O'Brien, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Greg Daniels, Dan McGrath, and Bill Canterbury. David Silverman is the director of the episode. The episode has references of television shows ("The Twilight Zone", "Night Gallery", and "Peanuts") and movies ("The Devil and Daniel Webster", "Bram Stoker's Dracula" and "The Lost Boys"). It got a a Nielsen rating of 14.5. This means that about 13.6 million people watched the episode on October 28, 1993. When it was first broadcast, it was the most watched show on the Fox network.