Fred reminisces about his old vaudeville partner, Ted Kurtz, and notes that they were billed as "Mertz and Kurtz, the Laugh Twins". Later, in Mertz and Kurtz (1954), the main guest star is Fred's old partner, now called Barney Kurtz (Charles Winninger ), and Lucy and Ethel remember the name of their act as "Laugh 'til it Hurts With Mertz and Kurtz".