Mr. Quigley makes a reference to Sam Ervin. Ervin was, at age 77, head of the Senate Select Committee to Investigate Campaign Practices, also known as the Senate Watergate Committee, that led to the resignation of Richard Nixon.
The $180 a month Mr. Quigley makes from Social Security in 1973, adjusted for inflation, would be approximately $1,200 in 2022.
Edith comments that Mr. Quigley looks younger than 82 years old. In actuality, Burt Mustin was 89.
Mr. Quigley sings "Everybody's Doin' It", a popular song written by Irving Berlin in 1911.