It was the longest running Spanish TV comedy, with 204 episodes, until its own spin-off, Aída (2005), surpassed it on 2013.
Episode 200 was made live.
A young man attended a few shootings (the show was recorded with a real audience) because he had a crush on Blanca Portillo. When she found out about it, she told him to meet her outside the set, following which they were briefly involved.
Ramón Barea turned down the role of Javier Cámara's father. Subsequently it was turned into a mother played by Amparo Baró with great acclaim.