Episode Notes
The episode was filmed on location at the Pacific Ocean Park in Santa Monica, California. It is often incorrectly cited as the first American television drama to mention the growing Vietnam War. (The previous March, actor Glenn Corbett had become a regular on the series Route 66, playing returned Vietnam soldier Lincoln Case.) However, the episode actually opens in Vietnam, with a wounded Pip being brought into a front-line mobile hospital—making it possibly the first American television drama to have a scene set in the midst of the Vietnam War.
Rod Serling originally wanted the episode to take place in Laos; it was CBS who asked for the change to Vietnam.
This was the first episode sponsored by American Tobacco (on alternate weeks), on behalf of Pall Mall cigarettes, who suggested that Rod and some of the guest stars and supporting players "light up" during the episodes. Unlike previous sponsor Liggett & Myers, American Tobacco did not have Rod plug their products at the end of the program.
Read more about this topic: In Praise Of Pip
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