This was the eighth episode filmed, but it was aired sixth. "Life With Lucy" loses its time slot with an 8 share, the lowest yet and the second lowest of all those aired.
Stanley's surname, Bigelow, was the name of a Department Store in Jamestown, New York, Lucille Ball's hometown. One of Lucille Ball's distant relatives was also named Bigelow. In the 1950s Lucy and Desi promoted Bigelow carpeting. She used the name on both "I Love Lucy" and "The Lucy Show."
Using the computer, Lucy orders a lawnmower. She accidentally presses the one key three times and orders 111 lawnmowers for a cost of $4,192.67. This means the push lawnmowers were wholesale priced at $37.77. Adjusting for inflation, that would be like $84.80 in 2018.
To straighten out Curtis's obituary, Lucy calls her friend at the newspaper, Carol. The name may be an homage to any or all of Lucille Ball's friends Carol Burnett, Carole Lombard, or Carole Cook.
Lucy returns the computer, but buys a Robot named Rupert. In 1928, British schoolboys built a robot named Rupert which contained mechanical representations of human organs.