In the opening scene where Sabrina's team runs in the house, Salem yelled out "Oh no! Not Sabrina's tiny bopper basketball team!" Why didn't they hear him?
After taking over basketball coaching duty for Sabrina, Zelda complains about one of her players, "Ruth Bennett". This is an in-joke: the real Ruth Bennett is a writer on the Sabrina staff.
Mr. Kraft, Dreama, Brad, and Josh do not appear in this episode.
The title may allude to the tv show "Welcome Back, Kotter."
Dick Van Dyke guest stars in this episode. As a witch he conjures up an ottoman and Sabrina trips on it. He used to trip on an ottoman at the beginning of every Dick Van Dyke show.