B.O. Boyne was born in August 1932.
Johnny Vlakoz came to the United States in May 1956.
This episode takes place in August 1956.
When Red watches the horse race, one of the horses (mentioned several times) is "Roy H.", a reference to show producer Roy Huggins.
Appears to be adapted from Alfred Bester's 1951 story "Of Time and Third Avenue." The protagonist buys what he thinks is the 1950 world almanac; a time-traveling fixer arrives to retrieve what is actually the 1990 almanac.