One of the influences of this storyline was the fact this season saw the running time reduced for all prime-time shows on all three networks to allow more commercial time to cover the cost of inflation. This would continue every few years.
As this aired in 1974, Archie mentioned he married Edith 26 years ago, making their anniversary 1948 (which would most likely place Gloria's birth year in 1949). This reveals a long engagement; in Archie Goes Too Far (1973) Edith had read entries from 1943 in her diary how she and Archie had been going together before he was drafted into the army.
As of February 2024 this episode, along with the rest of the four-episode arc to open Season 5, is missing from the series on the Amazon Freevee streaming service where Season 5 starts with Lionel, the Live-In (1974).