The episode was written by Joel H. Cohen. Mark Kirkland is the director of the episode. Stephen Colbert is the voice actor for Colby Kraus. He did not have to do an audition. He said he was happy to be part of the episode. He liked that Colby's name is similar to his and that Colby looks similar to him. Colbert said that he tried to make Colby sound similar to Tony Robbins.