Guest star Judy Carne (later on Laugh In) had just divorced actor Burt Reynolds after a two-year marriage.
Reynolds and Sally Field would go on to have a long relationship in the 1970s.
Reynolds and Sally Field would go on to have a long relationship in the 1970s.
This is the first apparence of a black person in the series. Irving take orders at the hot dog and burger stand on the beach. He has a speaking role but is not acknowkedged in the closing credits. On the beach In the deep background of gidgets scene with Irving, you can see a couple of black youth playing on the beach as the ither whites youth are also doing.
Series regular Pete Duel would later appear with guest star Judy Carne on the 1966 sitcom Love on a Rooftop (1966).