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2* ParodyDisplacement: There are many more people who know of the mad libs title format "Have X, Will Travel" than know of the show that started it. The title is actually a play on the old expression "Have ''suit'', will travel", which people used to put on their resumés, meaning that they owned a suit of their own and were willing to travel for a job. The Creator/RobertHeinlein novel ''Literature/HaveSpacesuitWillTravel'' is a play on the same expression. The ''[[Series/TheAvengers1960s Avengers]]'' episode titles "Have Guns — Will Haggle" plays on the "gun" part, meanwhile.
3* ValuesDissonance: A show from TheFifties taking place in the 1870s is bound to have some. However, while its treatment of women and foreigners doesn't always hold up to modern standards of political correctness, it was rather FairForItsDay.

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