Mrs. Brentano (Renata Vanni) is proud of once seeing Bert Parks in a cab. Besides being an actor, singer, and radio and television announcer, he was best known for hosting the annual Miss America telecast from 1955 to 1979.
The walk on role is for a revival of the musical Gypsy. In reality, Ethel Merman starred as Rose in the original Broadway production from 1959 to 1961 at The Broadway Theatre, wining a Grammy Award in 1960 for 'Best Musical Theater Album'.
Ann Marie calls her folks at 'Brewster 279-9970'.
Joy Harmon appears in the beginning of this episode as Miss Bridges, the blonde auditioning for the show. Later in the year, she would be seen in Cool Hand Luke (1967) in the now very famous car washing scene.
This was Ethel Merman's first appearance as herself on this show. She would be seen once again as herself on The Other Woman (1968)