George Burns wore a hat because his toupee was in his luggage, which was delayed during the last-minute trip to Brooklyn to film this short. Burns & Allen had just returned from a tour in England and their luggage was still at the dock.
Fred Allen was supposed to film a short but had fallen ill, so George Burns and Gracie Allen were asked to fill in the night before it was shot.
In his 1955 autobiography, George Burns said of his first short, "The picture was not the greatest" and "the Warner Brothers were not happy" with it. Subsequently, Paramount commissioned him and Gracie Allen to make four shorts a year, which further irked Warner Brothers.
George Burns and Gracie Allen received $1,700 for starring in this film. "I'd never heard of $1,700 in my life, especially for nine minutes' work," Burns wrote in his 1955 autobiography. With dollar signs in his eyes, Burns actively sought out more film work for the comedy duo.
Director Murray Roth was a childhood friend of George Burns. Burns arrived on set and was shocked to discover Roth was in show business.
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