According to Joe Dante, director Gil Cates demanded that his name be taken off this episode over producer Philip DeGuere's "botched" editing of the segment. Ellison had a different take on events, saying that Cates's directing job was so poor that extensive editing was necessary to get the show into a broadcast-worthy state, to the point where the opening narration had to be cut because Cates hadn't shot enough salvageable footage for the introduction. He also maintained that DeGuere was ill at the time and had no role in the editing of the segment.