Trivia

Two cartoons, Tex Avery and Michael Lah co-directed, as Avery earlier had decided to leave Metro Goldwyn Mayer studio and return to Walter Lantz, where his animation career had started. Avery's last two cartoons at MGM were Deputy Droopy (1955) and Cellbound (1955). The two animation shorts were co-directed by Tex Avery along with Michael Lah.

While the voice of Droopy Dog was usually provided by Bill Thompson, he did not do so for this cartoon. Instead, as a favor, he let Tex Avery have the role, as this was Avery's final cartoon highlighting Droopy. The first of two animation shorts Tex Avery co-directed, along with Michael Lah, as he was in process of returning to Walter Lantz Studios, where his animation career had started). Droopy Dog spoke only three short lines: "Yes, sir, Mister Sheriff" was said twice and "Well, boys, don't look at me" (to the jailed criminals).

The score for this cartoon was featured on the audio CD "Tom & Jerry & Tex Avery Too!".

Television was making an inroad into cinema owner's profits at this time. But widely available color TV was still a ways off. A cartoon like this one would have been shown at a movie feature. Westerns of all kinds were popular, so most cartoon characters had a turn at being in the wild, wild West.

Note that many of the same concepts of the short (i.e., not making noise which would wake someone up) would be used again in Royal Cat Nap (1958).