Phil Silvers was cast as a producer partly because his production company was actually producing the show.
This marks the first appearance of the bamboo pedal-driven taxi.
The only episode of GILLIGAN'S ISLAND to be credited to two directors, as George M. Cahan finished up for an injured Ida Lupino.
Hecuba is also the name of a classic Greek queen in ancient plays and whose name appears in Shakespeare's Hamlet Act II, Scene 2.
Phil Silvers was the only G.I. actor to receive two 'Special Guest Star' credits - at the beginning and end of the episode.