The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series.
First appearance in the series of Cara Buono playing Faye Miller. Buono is a New Yorker and was told by her agent that there was the potential for a role in the series with auditions being held in Los Angeles the next day. She jumped on a plane, met with the production team and landed the role the next day.
This episode takes place in December 1964.
One of the storylines in this episode is about the agency acquiring the Pond's Cold Cream account. This is a real product - made by Unilever. When this episode aired, another Unilever product, Dove, was featured in the ad breaks with actors who bore a resemblance to the cast of the show.
The modernist lounge chair in Roger Sterling's office is an LC4 Chaise Lounge by Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris.