In this episode, Burgess Meredith's character owns a bird named Mr. Micawber. In the "Twilight Zone" episode "Time Enough at Last," he plays a bank teller who discusses the Charles Dickens character Micawber with an unwilling customer.
The title references Wilkins Micawber, a fictional character from Charles Dickens' novel 'David Copperfield', who keeps ending up in debtor's prison.