Adam West appears here just one month shy of 3 years before his iconic TV role as Batman.
The advertising poster in the alley where the fight takes place reads, "The New Bancroft Cigars. Mild and Fragrant. At All Good Tobacconists."
Dee Hartford, who plays Tillie, is 92 years old, as of June, 2020. This is her only appearance in Gunsmoke (1955). Groucho Marx and William Bendix called her "Icy Knockers" on the set of A Girl in Every Port (1952).
The episode has some similarities to the true story of Phineas Gage. Gage was a railroad foreman in the 1850s who had a drastic personality change after a tamping iron went through his head.
When Ben and Ash first meet, they have a serious fight with multiple punches to each, but no one gets hurt or knocked out. Later, Ben hits Ash once, and Ash gets knocked out.