The actor (Nic Bishop) who plays Mike the Strike also played two other characters in earlier episodes of season 6, Sheriff Levi Stapleton in Stressed Western and General Kilgore in Bay of Squids.
The episode aired six days before National Bowling Day and one day before Jes Macallan's 39th birthday.
The character of Mike the Strike is similar in name to the season 4 character of Mike the Spike.
The bowling alley used in the episode is a real bowling center called REVS located in Burnaby, British Columbia near where the show is filmed.