Mama mentions her "brothers"; in other episodes one, Clyde, is referred to by name.
From the 1980s, popular Hollywood extra Steven Fredrick appears in this TV episode as a customer at the Bigger Jigger, the local bar and grill in Raytown. During the opening shot of Act One, Scene One, of "Mama With the Golden Arm," Mr. Fredrick is seated at a table, screen right.
The title of this episode is an allusion to the 1955 movie, The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) starring Frank Sinatra.