Aired on President Richard Nixon's 2nd Inauguration Day
According to an online inflation calculator, that $1,300 watch from 1973 would cost about $8,700 in 2022 dollars. Emily's $3800 annual income would equate to about $24,300 in 2022. So, she spent about one-third of her entire gross annual income.
The title is a play on Nelson Algren's 1949 novel and subsequent Frank Sinatra film, The Man with the Golden Arm (1955).