Alan Funt was writer Milt Josefsberg's childhood friend. Growing up, Funt wanted to be a writer and Josefsberg wanted to be an actor. Here the roles are reversed.
Although Allen Funt plays two characters here, the impostor is never given a name.
Lucy initially mistakes Allen Funt for Ralph Edwards, host of "This is Your Life".
The police officer (Peter Leeds) tells Allen Funt "I don't care if you're Spiro Agnew, get your hands up!" Spiro Agnew was the Vice President of the United States under Richard Nixon.
Lucy Carmichael also get involved in a hidden camera television show in "Lucy and the Beauty Doctor". In that show, the TV program was called "The Boiling Point."