The previous Sunday's episode was preempted for the broadcasting of 'Elizabeth Taylor in London (1963)'. The success of this special and its accompanying Emmy-nominated music score spawned a sequel titled 'Sophia Loren in Rome (1964)' which featured Marcello Mastroianni.
Groucho Marx's fourth book "Memoirs of a Mangy Lover" (B. Geis Associates, 1963) was about to be released on the 18th, and it was being distributed by Bennett Cerf's publishing company Random House.