When Stymie's mama realises Wheezer may have taken poison in his attempt to get sick (so that his parents would stop arguing), she opens what is apparently a real telephone book, running her finger across a page that says: "For Los Angeles, in an emergency, Call or Dial the Number Listed Below - Fire Department - FItzroy-3131 - Police Department - FAber-6111 - Ambulance, Receiving Hospital - FAber-3111. FItzroy and FAber were actual exchanges in the Los Angeles telephone system before 1958.