This episode is a reunion for Marlo Thomas and guest star Joe Flynn. In the first season (1961/62) of the sitcom, The Joey Bishop Show, Joe Flynn (Uncle Herbert), portrayed the brother-in-law (Frank) of Marlo Thomas's character (Stella Barnes) on that show. In a third season episode of McHale's Navy, airing on Dec. 18, 1964, The Missing Link (1964), Marlo played the niece (Cynthia Prentice) of Capt. Wallace B. Binghamton (Joe Flynn).