Animator Milt Gross wrote the story and comic Morey Amsterdam of The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) fame did the screenplay.
The earliest documented telecasts of this film took place in New York City 11/18/48 on WCBS (Channel 2) and in Detroit 12/21/48 on WJBK (Channel 2).
A sign on the police station says "Wapakoneta Falls Police Station". The birthplace of Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), Wapakoneta is in Ohio. However, the Wapakoneta Falls police car has a 1943 New York license plate: 6N13 * 19 N.Y. 43.
Webster Frye threatens to call his wife's "mobster friends". The made up list of mob names include: Peoria Joe, Walla Walla Ballafer, Michigan Thread, Weehawken Vest, and Gene Rummy Pinochle.