This is the first of 14 episodes directed by Herbert Kenwith.
This is the first and only episode of the series written by comedian turned writer Pat McCormick. McCormick previously wrote "Lucy in London" in 1966. This is the only episode written by Jim McGinn as well as his only collaboration with McCormick.
When Lucy sees Bogie in the kitchen, she jokes that he's a shaggy horse and calls him "Matt Dillon's last mount!" Matt Dillon was a character played by James Arness on "Gunsmoke," the long-running western that was "Here's Lucy"'s lead-in on CBS.
After Lucy agrees to let Bogie stay, she says "If you want anything, just whistle" paraphrasing Lauren Bacall's famous line to Humphrey Bogart in the 1944 film 'To Have and Have Not'.
Lucy's telephone call with an unseen Blanche from New Orleans is likely a nod to Tennessee Williams' 1947 play and 1951 film 'A Streetcar Named Desire', whose principal character Blanche Dubois is from New Orleans.