The counterman at the diner where George, Dorthey and Hazel stop for coffee was Jamie Farr. Just ten years later he started his role in 216 out of 251 episodes of M*A*S*H as Cpl. Maxwell Q. Klinger, later Sgt. Maxwell Q. Klinger. His first appearance on the series was in the pilot episode in which he was uncredited was as an announcer. He also appeared in another episode of Hazel as Antonio in "Let's Get Away from It All" in 1964.