At the Hooterville train station, Eb says the Douglas farm is four miles outside of town.
The plot revolves around the mistaken assumption that Hollywood star Jimmy Stewart, more formally James Stewart, is coming to Hooterville to make a movie. Oliver, upon hearing this piece of gossip while visiting Drucker's General Store, doesn't believe that a famous star like Jimmy Stewart would be coming to Hooterville. In real life, James Stewart and Eddie Albert appeared together in only one film: You Gotta Stay Happy (1948).
The name on the office for the character played by Bernie Kopell is spelled, "James D. Stewart," and is otherwise spelled in the show's end credits as "James Stuart."
Mr. Haney makes a sales pitch for cosmetic products relevant to actors of old who, in their heyday, were associated with such paraphernalia: such as Kay Francis lipstick, Rod La Rocque sunglasses, Lew Cody mustache wax.