Mr French mentions Jack and the Beanstalk in this episode. On Bewitched, Johnny Whitaker played Jack from Jack in the Beanstalk.
A plug for Winnie the Pooh when Mr. French suggests he tells the children a Winnie the Pooh bedtime story. The kids are uninterested. At this time Sebastian Cabot recorded the narrations for the short animated films "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Pot" and "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day".