Continuity Nod: Laura calls Richie "RICHIE R. PETRIE", recalling his middle name Rosebud.
When Laura gives Richie a box of cookies, he grabs it by a white string handle, which implies that she gave him Barnum's Animals Crackers. They were made with a string so the empty box could be hung on a tree as a Christmas ornament.
The copyright for this show has expired and it is in the public domain.
The title is from Emma Lazarus' famous poem "The New Colossus" about the Statue of Liberty: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."