The sushi bar that the Simpson family visits is located on a street called Elm Street, a reference to the A Nightmare on Elm Street film franchise. The episode name is a parody of One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. According to showrunner Sam Simon, actor William Shatner also rejected the part. King's role was first offered to American singer Bruce Springsteen, but he turned it down. The episode featured many other guest appearances Larry King as himself Sab Shimono as the sushi bar chef Joey Miyashima as Toshiro, the apprentice chef who slices up the fugu and Diane Tanaka as hostess of the bar. American actor George Takei provided the voice of Akira, although the character was voiced in later episodes by Hank Azaria. The episode introduced the character Akira, who has appeared many times later on the show. The staff wanted the language they spoke to be actual Japanese, so they hired a Japanese actor who translated the lines for them.
When the chef at the sushi bar finds out Homer has been poisoned, he yells at his apprentices in Japanese. In order to prove the censors wrong and show that it could appear on television, the staff dug up footage from an old Academy Awards ceremony at which the song was performed by Isaac Hayes. The Fox network censors originally did not want the staff to use the song because they thought the lyrics were too obscene for television. In the episode, Bart and Lisa sneak into the sushi bar's karaoke room and sing the theme song to the 1971 film Shaft, 'Theme from Shaft'. The episode was written by Nell Scovell and directed by Wes Archer.
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