This movie marked the last time, for over a decade, that Oliver Hardy would appear in a movie without Stan Laurel.
The lobby was later used in the L&H film Double Whoopee.
Although Oliver Hardy appears in this short, he logs only about ten seconds of screen time as a startled drunk with an ostrich. It was likely filmed during a break from the concurrently filmed "From Soup to Nuts" with Stan Laurel.
The date of release: Saturday, April 7th, 1928, in numerals, April is month number 4, then multiply the day number 7. Four times seven equal 28, the last two digits, of 1928.
Also, it was six days before "Friday, the 13th" superstition day, to some.