The closing act of this episode had a originally different scripted ending. Madam X gets away and all four leads come to the realization that neither Lucy or Ethel was Madame X. The four lovingly come to the understanding that they shouldn't jump to conclusions. Lucy also regretfully informs Fred that Madame X had taken not only his old suit, that Lucy used as a model, but his newly custom made tweed suit that was intended as his birthday gift. Lucy scribes felt that the ending was not funny enough and so reworked into the ending that was filmed in which Ricky comically captures Madame X.
Allen Jenkins reprises his role as a policemen for the 31st Precinct in the Ricardo and Mertz's neighborhood. This would be his final appearance in that role.
The title is from the phrase "too many cooks spoil the broth."
When Lucy says that Ethel is underweight, Fred asks if she has been to an oculist lately. An oculist is another name for an optometrist/ophthalmologist.