Under contract to different record labels at the time - Bing Crosby at Decca and Bob Hope at Capitol - the duo could not produce for the marketplace a disc of their specialty number from the film, "Harmony" (music by Jimmy Van Heusen, lyrics by Johnny Burke). Decca, taking another tune from the score, united Bing with his frequent recording partners, The Andrews Sisters, for a best-selling single of the jaunty city song, "Tallahassee" (music and lyrics by Frank Loesser), a ditty introduced in the picture by Dorothy Lamour and the usually non-singing Alan Ladd. On a Capitol 78, Johnny Mercer teamed with The King Cole Trio for their take on "Harmony."
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. Its initial telecasts took place in Seattle Thursday 6 November 1958 on KIRO (Channel 7) and in Pittsburgh Sunday 18 January 1959 on KDKA (Channel 2); it first aired in Phoenix Tuesday 26 May 1959 on KVAR (Channel 12); it was released on DVD 23 May 2014 as part of the Universal Vault Series and again 11 November 2014 as one of 24 titles in Universal's Bing Crosby Silver Screen Collection.
Spike Jones band regulars Doodles Weaver, Dr. Horatio Q. Birdbath (Perv Pullen), and George Rock appear in the special musical number. Rock sings a bit of "Chloe," which was one of their big hits.
Bob Hope refers to the bandleader as "Petrillo". James Petrillo was the infamous head of the American Federation of Musicians at the time.
The film includes the five-minute Puppetoon segment "Romeow and Julicat" by George Pal, originally shown in Technicolor. Most prints show the segment in black & white instead.