The reason another episode with Herb was made was because fans were sad that Herb became bankrupt in "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?". This episode was made to show Herb getting rich again. One of the producers wanted Herb to say "I have an idea!" at the end of the "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?". They instead made it into the story of this episode. Producers liked Danny DeVito as a guest star in the first episode with Herb and got him back for this episode. However, Hank Azaria said that DeVito was not as happy to guest star again. He said "The second time, Danny DeVito was like 'Yeah, yeah, yeah, let's get it over with.' He did a great job, but he didn't enjoy the process."