Although Hale and Cox play father and son, they were only three years apart. Moose Manley says that his son is 33 years old. In reality, this episode was aired a week before Wally Cox celebrated his 45th birthday.
This is the first of three episodes to be directed by Jay Sandrich. He first joined the Desilu team in 1956 as Assistant Director of "I Love Lucy" and "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour."
The Ideal board game Seven Keys can be seen on the table near the warehouse door. It was based on the TV game show of the same name.
Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. do not appear in this episode, although the do receive screen credit in the opening titles.
Moose says that in college, Harry was known as Blubber because he was overweight and adds that Harry still hold the college record for swallowing 86 goldfish in ten minutes.