The title is based on the Aesop Fable about Androcles and the Lion. George Bernard Shaw also wrote a play based on the same story of the man who helps a lion and who's kindness later saves him.
One of the few times Jerry makes a sound.
Beautiful attention to background detail is shown here, one of the hallmarks of animation's golden age. Even the shine of a state of the art linoleum kitchen floor is depicted. The house has all the very latest furnishings and appliances, which adult cinema goers would have appreciated.
Television was not yet a mainstay in early postwar homes. Most people relied on radio and movies for entertainment. A fine cabinet console radio, such as the one Tom is listening to, was what everyone aspired to own.
The fireplace slot machine gag was likely a wink at the increasingly popular destination of Las Vegas, just a relatively short drive from Los Angeles. The El Rancho had opened in 1941 as the city's first casino resort.