Even though Jane Fonda's film 'The Game Is Over (1966)' had been released on June 22, 1966, in France, it would only premiere in New York City on the day after this episode. Fonda's next starring vehicle, 'Hurry Sundown (1967)', would premiere the following month. Both films opened to unfavorable reviews.
The first contestant, Mrs. Ruth M. Reinhold (1902-1985), was one of Arizona's first women pilots, sometime pilot for five-term Senator Barry Goldwater, and author of "Sky Pioneering: Arizona in Aviation" (1982). She was posthumously inducted into the 'Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame' in 1991.