The hippies refer to Canada as "Trudeau turf," a reference to the then Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Trudeau.
The 202-545-6700 telephone number that Brig. General Earl Rigney calls was-at the time-the Pentagon's information number.
In this relatively early episode for the series, Al Eben, who would go on to play medical examiner Doc Bergman in approximately 50 later episodes, is cast here as a counselor for young men thinking about resisting the draft.
The title is based upon the often used quote from Shakespeare's play Hamlet, "To be or not to be."