This is the first of three episodes written by Arthur Marx and Bob Fisher. Arthur Marx was the son of Groucho Marx, whose brother Harpo appeared with Lucille Ball in a now iconic episode of "I Love Lucy." Ball appeared with Groucho in the 1938 film 'Room Service.' It is ironic that his son should now be writing for Lucy since Groucho once was quoted as saying "Lucille Ball is not funny without a script!" In 1965 Marx and Fisher collaborated on the stage play 'The Impossible Years.' Bob Fisher previously wrote for the Desilu sitcom "Make Room for Daddy" and for Desi Arnaz Productions on "The Mothers-in-Law."
When Lucy pulls the saxophone from the trunk, the audience immediately applauds due to their memory of when Lucy Ricardo played sax on "I Love Lucy."
When Becky reads the inscription her grandmother had placed on her saxophone for her, she at first reads "made in Elkhart, Indiana." The Buescher Band Instrument Company was a manufacturer of musical instruments in Elkhart, Indiana, from 1894 to 1963. Buescher became the main supplier of student-grade saxophones to the H&A Selmer Company. The Buescher brand was retired by Selmer in 1983.
When Lucy discovers that Becky has hidden a recording of her sax playing so that she can go out and play, Lucy says "I'm trying to decide if it's real or it's Memorex." In 1972, Memorex, makes of record-able audio tapes, launched their now-familiar "Is it live or is it Memorex" advertising campaign. This would become the company slogan which was used in a series of advertisements released through 1970s and 1980s. The joke earns a big laugh and round of applause from the studio audience.
Lucille Ball learned to play the saxophone in 1952 for "The Saxophone" and the skill was interpolated into several "I Love Lucy" episodes of the series after that. Lucy Ricardo only seemed to know two songs: "Sweet Sue" and "Glow Worm." Even Lucy Carmichael on "The Lucy Show" knew how to play saxophone (although she also dabbled with the violin). Lucy Carter played the sax during the talent portion of the Miss Secretary Beautiful competition in "Lucy Competes with Carol Burnett" as well as when subbing on sax for a sick sister in "Lucy and Her All-Nun Band".