The name of the Morning Newscaster, Harry Upps, was a spoof of that of real life Newscaster Hugh Downs, who at the time was the host of NBC's Today Show.
British singing duo Chad and Jeremy were actually more popular in America than their native country. They only had one hit song in the UK, while they had seven Top 40 hits in the USA.
Judy Strangis who has a small cameo, is the younger sister of the show's unit production manager Sam Strangis. She would later go on to appear as the character "Dyna Girl" in a series inspired by Batman (1966); Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (1976).
It is impossible to magnify a sound ten million times. Eleven hundred decibels is enough to destroy the entire universe, but it would take more than the mass of the universe exploding to make such a sound.
The title is from an expression used in the 1920s, denoting something considered to be outstanding.