In a 2023 interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015), Steven Spielberg revealed that he designed and shot the entire "Make Me Laugh" segment in a single take using 4 different sets, but the studio was "appalled" by the lack of traditional coverage (close-ups, over-the-shoulders, etc.). Spielberg was then replaced and that segment was redone by a different director.
In Rod Serling's original short story ("Clean Kills"), it is Archie Junior who, goaded by his father's cruel and demeaning insults, kills him and pins his head to the wall. No doubt the producers felt that African voodoo would be more acceptable to audiences than American patricide.
"Make Me Laugh" features Tom Bosley's second appearance in the show.
Archie Dittman, Jr. was born in 1949.