Reba McEntire was called up to play the role of Burgundy Jones a few months after the plane crash that killed seven of her band members and her road manager. Wanting to get the tragedy off of her mind and to do something different she accepted.
Chuck Connors's final performance.
Jack Kelly's final performance.
During filming, in order to be ready for her scenes, Reba McEntire had to take cuts in the food line at dinner. The other cast mates retaliated by wrapping her golf cart with duct tape.