In an interview, Kay Linaker related how the film crew had to pick Jack Benny up and place him on his horse as he didn't know how to mount or ride horses. Kay and Jack also filmed the runaway scene by trotting their horses a few feet and then their doubles would take over. When the director shouted for action, Andy Devine's horse bit Kay's horse and caused it to run away. In the ensuing chaos, Jack's horse also took off, and he had a hard time with it and took the following two days off from filming.
In an interview, Kay Linaker indicated Andy Devine's sister acted as her body double throughout the movie.
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 earliest documented telecasts took place in Omaha Thursday 13 November 1958 on KETV (Channel 7), in Seattle Wednesday 26 November 1958 on KIRO (Channel 7), in Chicago Saturday 3 January 1959 on WBBM (Channel 2), in Los Angeles Thursday 8 January 1959 on KNXT (Channel 2), and in St. Louis Saturday 10 January 1959 on KMOX (Channel 4). In Grand Rapids it first aired 27 October 1959 on WOOD (Channel 8), in Toledo 16 November 1959 on WTOL (Channel 11), in Philadelphia 11 December 1959 on WCAU (Channel 10), and in San Francisco 1 January 1960 on KPIX (Channel 5). New York City televiewers finally got a look at it 23 July 1960 on WCBS (Channel 2).