The title refers to the song "The Yankee Doodle Boy," a patriotic song from the Broadway musical 'Little Johnny Jones,' written by George M. Cohan. The play opened at the Liberty Theater on Monday, November 7, 1904.
Co-directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera won seven Best Short of the Year Oscars. In order: Il topo va in guerra (1943), Jerry nei guai (1944), Silenzio, prego! (1945), Jerry pianista (1947), Il piccolo orfano (1948), I due moschettieri (1952), and Caccia a tempo di valzer (1953).
According to animator Mark Kausler, Irven Spence was responsible for the action, while Kenneth Muse took care of the facial expressions.
This was the last Tom and Jerry cartoon to be animated by George Gordon. Gordon would later direct the Barney Bear shorts replacing Rudolf Ising before he left MGM.
This was the last Tom and Jerry cartoon to have a "A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon" end title card with a blue background until Rissa al barbecue (1956).