The title is based on the song "I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier" by Al Bryan and Al Piantadosi, one of the few anti-war songs from World War I.
The only tune the Hooterville Volunteer Fire Department band knows is "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight."
Instead of her usual "hotscakes," Lisa serves up fried oatmeal.
Oliver says he plays the piano and the guitar. He plays guitar in the marching band.
This is the sixth of six appearances Bea Benaderet makes in the series, always playing Kate Bradley from that same starring role in the TV sitcom Petticoat Junction (1963).