Trivia

To give the squiggle an unkempt appearance, the animation drawings were inked on rice paper. The ink bled, creating a textured line that was then photocopied onto cel.

The dot's vital statistics are 36-36-36.

This cartoon is included as a special feature on a DVD edition of The Glass Bottom Boat (1966).

It was the last MGM cartoon to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

The final moral is a play on the proverb To the Victor Go the Spoils.