The Relaxiciser featured in the episode was a real product and as the company had gone under many years ago, the real article was used. Billed as a weight loss product, it found more fans as a sexual aid for women.
Elisabeth Moss starts wearing fat prosthetics around her face and padding on her body to indicate that Peggy is gaining weight.
This episode takes place in October 1960.
There's a subtle mirroring of sexual consummation for two of the women in Don Draper's life in this episode. Peggy experiments with the vibrating pleasures of the Relaxiciser while Betty discovers a new side to her washing machine when it's in spin cycle.
Roger mentions how much Nixon sweated during the debate, which has been mentioned in other movies, like Broadcast News when Albert Brooks sweats profusely doing his first (and last) news anchor job. "This is far more than Nixon ever sweated," one crew member comments. The debate was groundbreaking since, being televised, it basically turned politics into show business, in which the young, handsome, well-spoken and non-sweating John F. Kennedy Jr. had the edge, and is said to have led to his victory.