Hugh Beaumont and Fred MacMurray brush shoulders in a hotel hallway near the end of this movie. They went on to play iconic television fathers in separate series - Beaumont in Leave It to Beaver (1957) and MacMurray in My Three Sons (1960).
This movie was a satire of Hopalong Cassidy (1952), the first Western network television series, which would explain the disclaimer at the end of this movie referred to in Crazy Credits.
This movie failed at the box office, resulting in a loss to MGM of $294,000 ($3.6 million in 2025) according to studio records.
Look for cameos by MGM's contract players Clark Gable, Esther Williams, and a nineteen year-old Elizabeth Taylor.
Three songs found in two MGM musicals were used as background. AT 32:51 when Stretch, Mike, and Debbie are at the Mocambo nightclub the songs "Friendly Star" from Summer Stock (1950) and "Too Late Now" from Royal Wedding (1951) are played as background music. At 106:54, when they are at the Somerset Club the song "You Wonderful You" from Summer Stock (1950) was played in the background.