The man that played Jeff's Dad Otis Carswell is Veteran Actor Bruce A. Young who starred in the short-lived CBS Crime Drama Series Max Monroe Loose Cannon with Shadoe Stevens and Guest Starred on the 3rd Season Finale of Quantum Leap entitled Shock Theater
@5:28 This is similar to what Will Smith wrote in his memoir happened with him and his parents. His mom wanted him to go to college (and used her connections to get him accepted), but he wanted to be a rapper. They both presented their cases to his father...who decided that he had a year to make it in the music business. If not, then he would go to college. (Again, his mom used her connections to extend his acceptance for a year.) He hit with "Girls Are Nothing But Trouble" (he claims it's a true story) and "Parents Just Don't Understand" so he never went to college.
Funny the actor Bruce A. Young made the joke about the dinosaur in this episode cause his character ended up getting ate up by one in Jurassic Park 3 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣