David jokes with the Lanes that his life has never been the same since James Bond. This character, the creation of writer Ian Fleming, had by October1965, when this episode originally aired, become a household name owing to the popularity of the movies Dr. No (1962), From Russia with Love (1963), and Goldfinger (1964) in which Sean Connery played the role of James Bond.
First revealed in A Foggy Day in Brooklyn Heights (1965) by Frankie Avalon playing himself, David, played by Murray Rose, confirms the Lane's telephone number is 624-1098.
David, played by Murray Rose, is identified as a member of Interpol, which is an international organization coordinating and facilitating law enforcement operations worldwide. It was established in Europe in 1923 as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC) and reimagined after WWII as the International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO). It assumed at that time the name Interpol, which was taken from the address code it used for telegraphs.