Doctor Orpheus' gift of a Zuni Fetish Doll is identical to the killer doll from the Richard Matheson short story "Prey", which was adapted onscreen as part of the 1975 tv movie "Trilogy of Terror"
The working title for this episode was "Pull the Switch!"
Title is a spoof of "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret," a 1970 novel for young adults by Judy Blume.