Herman's stand-in during the basketball tryout is Darrall Imhoff. Imhoff was an actual NBA basketball player. He played center for the New York Knicks (1960-62), Detroit Pistons (1962-64), Los Angeles Lakers (1964-68), Philadelphia 76ers (1968-70), Cincinnati Royals (1970-71) and Portland Trailblazers (1971-72).
Pop Mallory wears a striped clip-on tie with bib overalls.
Marilyn attends Westbury College.
Regarding Marilyn's tuition issue, Herman says, "No one in our family's been kicked out of school since they found Grandpa hanging around at Vassar!" Though co-educational now, at the time (1964) Vassar College was an all-woman's school.