The first WB cartoon to use the 1941-1945 version of the opening theme to Merrie Melodies. This is also the first cartoon to use the 1941-1955 closing theme to Merrie Melodies.
Audiences of the era would have recognized the horse's impersonation of entertainer Eddie Cantor.
The FHA (federal housing authority) had only recently been created in 1934. It would continue to grow in prominence during the postwar years as the building boom took off.
Spectacular attention to background detail is shown here, from the rickety chair on the porch to the blades of grass, and much more.
The radio characters of Henry Aldrich and his mother are spoofed here, which movie audiences would likewise have been familiar with.