When Ward and Mr. Rutherford are watching TV just prior to the "Teen Age Forum" program, the music at the end of the previous program is the same music that plays during the Universal/Revue Studios credit at the end of "Leave It to Beaver."
Johnny Jacobs, playing the panel moderator, was a popular and prolific announcer on an assortment of TV programs in the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s.
Many Leave It to Beaver (1957) episodes contain references to people and events of the time (1957-1963). This show may hold the record for number of contemporary references. In this one episode, the characters mention personalities and TV shows including Meet the Press (1947), Bennett Cerf, The Mickey Mouse Club (1955), Captain Kangaroo (1955), Jack Paar, Jacqueline Kennedy, The Twilight Zone (1959), Rod Serling and Route 66 (1960).
Gilbert remarks that Beaver's bizarre situation "is kinda like The Twilight Zone (1959), with that guy Rod Serling." Stephen Talbot (Gilbert) appeared in two episodes of The Twilight Zone (1959). He played the boy in Static (1961) and Howie Gutliff in The Fugitive (1962). Furthermore, both Leave It to Beaver (1957) and The Twilight Zone (1959) aired on Thursday nights during the 1962-63 season. Miniature (1963) was shown on CBS at 9 o'clock on February 21, 1963 immediately after this episode concluded on ABC.
Gilbert mentions that the most exciting thing prior to Beaver's TV debut was when classmate Whitey got his head stuck in the school fence. A much younger Beaver had the same predicament at the city park in an earlier season episode of the series, Price of Fame (1959).