Cliff has placed his mother in a nursing home but everyone at the bar thinks he has murdered her. Earlier in the day when this episode was to air, a real-life postal worker in California murdered his mother. At first, NBC was not going to air the episode. They aired the show, but pulled all advertising of it because it had everyone talking about the possible murder of Cliff's mother.
Rebecca mistakes the singer to be Raymond Burr. Raymond Burr was a Canadian-American actor, primarily known for his title roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside.