This episode is the third of a four-part on-location story arc created with the cooperation of the Navajo Nation Council and the state of Arizona. It was the first and only situation comedy filmed on Navajo land using actual tribe members.
The episode integrates location footage with studio process shots for the driving scenes.
Standing on the edge of Lake Powell, Lucy recites a verse from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1855 poem "The Song of Hiawatha." This is the same portion of the poem she recited on "I Love Lucy."
Fleeing the reservation, Lucy utters Jackie Gleason's famous line "And away we go" as well as his hitch-shouldered exit pose.
The Guide guesses Sitting Buffalo is 85 years old. Fix was actually 68 at the time.