In his 1993 book about Tex Avery, animation specialist Pierre Lambert reveals that Tex Avery didn't really like this cartoon. The artist once said in an interview: "It was one of those where we were stuck and made gag after gag, but there was nothing to elaborate on. We used to put what we felt was the strongest gag at the end. It made a little entertainment, but it led to nothing. These were real scams and I hated to do them, but sometimes we had no other choice. "
The $545 for the last car shown comes out to $6,388.62 in 2023 adjusted for inflation.
This is Roy Williams first credit as a writer on a Tex Avery cartoon. He worked on the script with Rich Hogan.
The 'fold up' auto concept would be used again in the TV cartoon series "The Jetsons," 21 years later.
The post war years saw the emergence of the "muscle" car, still considered classics in the 21st century. This cartoon pokes fun at these futuristic models.