It is said that Ethel Merman and Frank Sinatra did not get along well. This was the only time that they worked together.
The song "Friendship" was originally written for "DuBarry Was a Lady" and was not in the original 1934 Broadway production of "Anything Goes."
When Bert Lahr tells Ethel Merman, "You deserve to be Lady Oakleigh," he starts to say "Annie Oakley", who Merman played in "Annie Get Your Gun. "