According to the "Laurel & Hardy Encyclopedia", Buster Keaton worked as a gag writer on this film, at the request of his good friend Stan Laurel.
Laurel and Hardy's second and last film under their contract with MGM. The other film was Air Raid Wardens (1943).
Laurel and Hardy's biggest box office success, grossing $1,500,000 on its initial release.
The problem with this film started with the writers Russell Rouse and Ray Golden. The latter admitted he didn't know much about Laurel and Hardy and what he knew about them he didn't like. The script consisted of gags and situations that didn't fit The Boys, such as cutting a tough steak with a hacksaw at a dinner party.
This film was first telecast in Los Angeles Thursday 5 November 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11), in Philadelphia 28 August 1958 on WFIL (Channel 6), in San Francisco 11 January 1959 on KGO (Channel 7), and, finally, in New York City 5 November 1960 on WCBS (Channel 2).