At a recent autograph convention Bill Mumy recalls an alarming circumstance during taping of a Lost in Space episode. When Mr. Zumdish (Fritz Feld) orders his side kick Ex-Wrestler Tiger Joe Marsh to chase Verda (Dee Hartford) because Dr. Smith was delinquent with his payment. After 4 takes of running, the hefty wrestler suffered an asthma attack and Director Don Richardson left the scene in the final film showing the heavy goon laboring for breath behind the rocks. Richardson yelled "CUT!" The burly wrestler collapsed to the set floor and was given medication and insisted to finish taping which he did. Joe Marsh went on guest star in other television shows and passed away in 1989 at the age of 77.
This was the first appearance of Mr. Zumdish, Manager of the Celestial Department Store, and the Android Verda.
Dee Hartford as Verda would reappear in the season two episode The Revolt of the Androids.
The four control panels of the Galactic Mail Order machine are the same as some in the Jupiter 2 and are also seen as parts of the Time Tunnel as well as the Seaview in Voyage to the bottom of the Sea.