Puns in this episode: "World's richest and cheapest inventor" Pat Pending is a common abbreviation for "Patent Pending". Rudy, the Valet is a reference to actor/singer Rudy Vallee. New Guernsey is the Batman version of New Jersey. Jersey and Guernsey are both names of milk cows and (primarily) Channel Islands, a group of islands in the English Channel. Mayor Linseed is a pun on John V. Lindsay, mayor of New York City from 1966 until 1973. Governor Stonefellow is a pun on Nelson Rockefeller, governor of New York state from 1959 until 1973. Short Island is a play on Long Island, and the West River is a pun on the East River.
Prince Kereb's name was originally Ferdberger. Writer Stanley Ralph Ross said network censors thought the name sounded dirty, even though he named the character after a friend with the same name. Kereb is actually the Arabic translation for Son Of A Bitch, and Ross said the network never picked up on it.
Catwoman's minions are called Spade, Marlow, and Templar - all names of famous fictional detectives: Sam Spade ("The Maltese Falcon"); Philip Marlowe ("The Big Sleep"); and Simon Templar (also known as The Saint).
Guest Star Lesley Gore was the niece of series producer Howie Horwitz. She introduced her hit song "California Nights" (written by Marvin Hamlisch and Howard Liebling) on this episode.
Batman says that Catwoman has "the power to cloud men's minds". This exact power was previously ascribed to Lamont Cranston, better known by his alias, The Shadow, a major influence on the creation of comic-book characters including Batman.