Rod Serling, one of the most well-known TV writers of his time, is mentioned several times in this episode. His show, The Twilight Zone, and Perry Mason both ran on CBS in the early 1960s.
Three years after this episode aired (with its fictitious "Mr. Nobody" teleplay), Associate Producer Jackson Gillis went on to write the script for "My Name is Mr. Nobody, which aired during the first season of Lost in Space.
Film star Geraldine Brooks, who guest stars in this episode, meets up with Raymond Burr again later in his next show, Ironside, where she plays a pivotal role.
African American actor and Director Ivan Dixon plays a serious and articulate State Inspector. A welcome change to the roles offered African Americans in Hollywood during the previous decades.
George Mathews and Edmon Ryan previously appeared together in the New Jersey Traffic Commission safety short X Marks the Spot (1944) which was featured in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988).