To help make the sale of a coral snake, Hansel Eidelpfeiffer shows Hermie Jenkins a copy of Reptiles and Amphibians: A Guide to Familiar American Species. The book, by Herbert S. Zim and Hobart M. Smith with full-color illustrations by James Gordon Irving, was an early entry in the long-running series of Golden Nature Guides, published by Golden Press, under the general editorship of Zim.
During the episode outro or afterword, Hitchcock is standing alongside a prop "corpse flower" - (Amorphophallus titanum). When these mammoth plants bloom, they release a putrid stench, some say the smell of death. This stench in-turn attract pollinators, such as dung beetles and carrion beetles, many across long distances. In cultivation, the plant usually requires between 7 to 10 years of growth before blooming.