Alan Arkin, Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach were starring in the Broadway play 'Luv', that had premiered at the Booth Theatre on November 11, 1964. The play ran for 901 performances and was eventually adapted into 'Luv (1967)'.
Attorney Patsy T. Mink, the first contestant, was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii until her death in 2002.