WCBS' (Channel 2, New York City) newswomen Joan Murray was the first and only African-American woman to be a guest panelist on the show; however, Sammy Davis Jr. and Harry Belafonte had previously appeared as guest panelists.
Jill St. John had just finished shooting Tony Rome (1967) in May, in Florida. It would be her second film with Frank Sinatra. (This episode was prerecorded in June)