Bob Baker, playing the "1st Puppeteer" is perhaps the best known man in his field. He owned and operated the Bob Baker Marionette Theatre in downtown Los Angeles for many years. He worked on many productions over his 80-year career.
Toy company president Silverton pulls a string on his lapel just like a talking doll. Well, it's also the same gag used in season five's Samantha Loses Her Voice (1968) when Uncle Arthur did it.
The title is based upon the often used quote from Shakespeare's play Hamlet, "To be or not to be."
Guest star Wanda Hendrix had served as leading lady to Elizabeth Montgomery's father Robert Montgomery in Ride the Pink Horse (1947). Hendrix had also been a supporting player in one of Elizabeth Montgomery's few cinematic vehicles: Johnny Cool (1963).