Wiggam draws a diagram of his office and uses chess pieces to represent the employees. His choice of pieces is symbolically appropriate--including a king for Mr. Tupper (the boss) and queen for Miss Pomfritt (the only female employee). He uses pawns to represent the other workers, except he reserves a knight for himself.
Hit making songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart nicked the names of Webster and Frisbee from this episode for a musical take on embezzlement, "Mr. Webster", recorded twice by The Monkees before being released on their 1967 album Headquarters.
This episode was apparently the last appearance of Wendel Holmes before his death at age 47. This episode was aired about one month after his death in France.
Miss Pomfritt's name is a reference to pommes frites, which is French for french fries.
The $565,000 in bonds would be equivalent to $5.7 million now after adjusting for inflation.